Intemerateness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being unpolluted; purity. nonce-word, obsolete, uncountable

    "August 15 1607, John Donne, letter to Henry Godyere They shall therefore ever keep the sincerity and intemerateness of the fountain, whence they are derived."

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"August 15 1607, John Donne, letter to Henry Godyere They shall therefore ever keep the sincerity and intemerateness of the fountain, whence they are derived."

Etymology

From intemerate + -ness.

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