English Explanatory Dictionary

intemerate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pure, undefiled, chaste.

Word forms

intemerate more intemerate most intemerate intemerated

Etymology

First attested in 1492, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin intemerātus, from in- (“not”) + temerātus, perfect passive participle of temerō (“to violate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from temerē (“by chance, casually, rashly”).

Related words

temerarious temerary temeration temerity

Derived words

intemerateness
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