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English

Etymology
From un- + wemmed.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ʌn'wɛmd/

Adjective
en-adj

1. archaic untainted, pure

#*Late C14: Þe þeef fil over bord al sodeynly, / And in þe see he dreynte for vengeance; / And þus haþ Crist unwemmed kept Custance. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Man of Law's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

• 2007-07-06 03:25 - AutoFormat - -''(archaic)'' +{{archaic}}

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