All 3 Uses of
immaculate
in
Moby Dick
- That immaculate manliness we feel within ourselves, so far within us, that it remains intact though all the outer character seem gone; bleeds with keenest anguish at the undraped spectacle of a valor-ruined man.
Chpt 25-27 (definition 1) *immaculate = perfect
- …and placed upon the try-works, completely hiding the pots; every cask is out of sight; all tackles are coiled in unseen nooks; and when by the combined and simultaneous industry of almost the entire ship's company, the whole of this conscientious duty is at last concluded, then the crew themselves proceed to their own ablutions; shift themselves from top to toe; and finally issue to the immaculate deck, fresh and all aglow, as bridegrooms new-leaped from out the daintiest Holland.
Chpt 97-99 (definition 2) *immaculate = completely neat and clean
- And though now nailed amidst all the rustiness of iron bolts and the verdigris of copper spikes, yet, untouchable and immaculate to any foulness, it still preserved its Quito glow.†
Chpt 97-99 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (immaculate as in: immaculate timing) perfect (without fault or error)
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(2) (immaculate as in: the housekeeper left it immaculate) completely neat and clean