pristine

pris-TEENadj

Meaning in its original condition; unspoiled

Memory hook PRIS-TINE: fresh snow no one has touched. Ivy steps outside at dawn and finds the field covered in smooth new snow, without a single footprint; she can hardly bear to walk on it, because it is pristine.

The old comic book was in pristine condition, without a single crease.

In context Before the resort was built, the beach was pristine: no footprints, no litter, just smooth sand and clear water.

Similar unspoiled, untouched, perfect, immaculate

Opposite spoiled, damaged, polluted

From Latin pristinus, “original, former.”

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