pure evil

English

Etymology

Has been rising in usage from other phrases using this sense of pure since around the 1950s. Has been rising exponentially as a set phrase since the 1990s.

Noun

pure evil (uncountable)

  1. (set phrase) Absolute evil; that has no sense of morality or mercy at all.

Adjective

pure evil (not comparable)

  1. (set phrase) Absolutely evil; having no sense of morality or mercy whatsoever.
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