adj.
1.being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
2.without interpretation or embellishment
3.limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
4.lacking stylistic embellishment
5.of the clearest kind
6.(of a translation) corresponding word for word with the original literal n.
1.a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
Idiom of the Day
to the ends of the earth
to the most remote and most inaccessible points on the earth
My professor went to the ends of the earth to find material for his university thesis.