Why “intemerateness” is a great word
INTEMERATENESS — [Noun] The state or quality of being pure, untainted, or unpolluted in an absolute sense. From the Latin intemeratus ("undefiled, unpolluted"), from in- ("un-") + temeratus, past participle of temerare ("to defile, violate"). Unlike "chastity," which denotes a specific sexual purity, or "innocence," which implies a lack of guilt, intemerateness is the broader condition of being wholly unsullied. It is the untouched snowfield at dawn, the unblemished page before the first mark, the clear spring emerging from deep stone—a perfect integrity so fragile that to observe it is to begin its corruption.