In a very clean, fresh, and perfect condition, often as if new or untouched. It can also mean unchanged from an original or natural state.
From Latin *pristinus* meaning 'former' or 'original', through French *pristin*. English narrowed the sense to 'pure and unchanged'.
Pristine doesn’t just mean 'clean'; it means 'like the original, before people messed with it'. A pristine forest, a pristine phone screen, a pristine reputation—they all share that fragile 'never damaged' status. Once broken, you can clean something again, but you can’t make it pristine twice.
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