intemerate

adjective

1. Pure, undefiled, chaste.

   rare

   The states of the kingdom are bound, with faithful concern, to leave intemerate all the royal prerogatives, after the dictates of the Swedish law, so that they shall be kept in their full vigor and strength ...

Where it comes from

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”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry intemerate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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