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Definition of uncleanness - 3 dictionary results

un⋅clean

  [uhn-kleen]
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–adjective, -er, -est.
1. not clean; dirty.
2. morally impure; evil; vile: unclean thoughts.
3. Chiefly Biblical. having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to the laws, esp. the dietary or ceremonial laws: an unclean animal; unclean persons.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME unclene, OE unclǣne. See un- 1 , clean

Related forms:
un⋅clean⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. soiled, filthy. 2. base, unchaste, sinful, corrupt, polluted.
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un·clean   (ŭn-klēn')   
adj.   un·clean·er, un·clean·est

  1. Foul or dirty.

  2. Morally defiled; unchaste.

  3. Ceremonially impure.

un·clean'ness n.
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Word Origin & History

unclean 
O.E. unclæne, "morally impure, defiled, unfit for food," from un- (1) "not" + clean (adj.). Lit. sense of "dirty" is recorded from c.1250.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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