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intemerate

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in⋅tem⋅er⋅ate

[in-tem-er-it]
–adjective
inviolate; undefiled; unsullied; pure.

Origin:
1485–95; < L intemerātus, equiv. to in- in- 3 + temerā(re) to violate, desecrate + -tus ptp. suffix


in⋅tem⋅er⋅ate⋅ly, adverb
in⋅tem⋅er⋅ate⋅ness, noun
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