[ˈprɪstiːn], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- in its original condition; unspoilt
(e.g: pristine copies of an early magazine)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘original, former, primitive and undeveloped’): from Latin pristinus ‘former’. The senses ‘unspoilt’ and ‘spotless’ date from the 1920s