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unstained

adjective

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adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English stained English unstained From un- + stained.

  1. Not dyed or discolored; not marred by any stains, marks, or spotting.

    The unstained hardwood floor was pale, but the finish soaked in and made the room seem dark.

    The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds.

  2. Pure, pristine, clean, immaculate, unadulterated.

    She arrived at the chapel for her marriage with unstained honor.