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immounde (1212)
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immounde (1212)

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inmonde  
  FEW:  immundus 4,574a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  immonde 9,784c TL: immonde 4,1348 DEAF:  immonde I112 DMF:  immonde  TLF:  immonde  OED:  immund adj.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  immundus 1234c

a.

theol.(morally) unclean, impure: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Quant il son dieu fait coroucer, Par son pecché devient inmonde Le propreté du tout le monde, C’est fieu et aire et terre e mer  GOWER Mirour 26812
♦theol.unchaste: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  tant com vesquit en cest monde Del quer fut veins, del cors inmonde E de molz pecchiez occupez  Dial Greg SATF 19460
( 1397; MS: s.xivex )  Elmeges la (=Rosemunda) pourgeust et fist inmonde  GOWER Traitié 386.13
♦theol.(of animals) impure, unfit to be eaten: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  (St. Peter to the angel offering him snakes to eat:) 'Jeo ne mangeray unques des bestes immoundes'  Mandeville 460

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See also:

munde1 
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