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Chaste Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chaste? [adj] morally pure especially not having experienced sexual intercourse; "a holy woman innocent and chaste" [adj] abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse [adj] pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chaste: celibate \| continent \| plain \| pure \| vestal \| virgin \| virginal \| virtuous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Chaste: abase \| absolute \| abstemious \| abstinent \| aesthetic \| afflict \| Apostolic \| artistic \| ascetic \| Attic \| austere \| bare \| basic \| becoming \| beyond all praise \| blotless \| castigate \| celibate \| chasten \| chastise \| choice \| Ciceronian \| classic \| classical \| clean \| cleanly \| clear \| common \| commonplace \| continent \| correct \| decent \| decorous \| defectless \| direct \| discipline \| easy \| elegant \| elementary \| Encratic \| essential \| ethical \| everyday \| excellent \| faultless \| finished \| flawless \| fruitarian \| fundamental \| garden \| garden-variety \| good \| graceful \| gracile \| guiltless \| homely \| homespun \| homogeneous \| household \| humble \| humiliate \| ideal \| immaculate \| impeccable \| in good taste \| indefectible \| indefective \| indivisible \| infallible \| innocent \| irreducible \| irreproachable \| just right \| Lenten \| limpid \| lucid \| maidenly \| matter-of-fact \| mere \| modest \| monolithic \| moral \| natural \| neat \| nephalistic \| nondescript \| of a piece \| of choice \| of quality \| on the wagon \| ordinary \| peerless \| pellucid \| perfect \| perspicuous \| plain \| pleasing \| polished \| primal \| primary \| proper \| prosaic \| prosy \| pure \| pure and simple \| pure in heart \| purehearted \| Pythagorean \| quiet \| Rechabite \| refined \| restrained \| righteous \| round \| seemly \| severe \| sexually abstinent \| sexually innocent \| Shaker \| simon-pure \| simple \| single \| sinless \| snowy \| spare \| Spartan \| spotless \| stainless \| stark \| Stoic \| straightforward \| subdued \| sworn off \| taintless \| tasteful \| teetotal \| terse \| trim \| try \| unadorned \| unadulterated \| unaffected \| unblemished \| unblotted \| uncluttered \| uncontaminated \| uncorrupt \| undecorated \| undefiled \| understated \| undifferenced \| undifferentiated \| unembellished \| unfaultable \| uniform \| unlabored \| unmixed \| unobtrusive \| unsoiled \| unspotted \| unstained \| unsullied \| untainted \| untarnished \| vegetarian \| virgin \| virginal \| virtuous \| well-chosen \| white \| wholesome \| workaday \| workday See Also \| moral Chaste In Webster's Dictionary \Chaste\ (ch[=a]st), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. [,c]udth to purify.] 1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. ``As chaste as Diana.'' --Shak. Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. --Milton. 2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes. 3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art. That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. --Macaulay. 4. Unmarried. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless. {Chaste tree}. Same as {Agnus castus}.

Chaste Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chaste?

[adj] morally pure especially not having experienced sexual intercourse; "a holy woman innocent and chaste"
[adj] abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
[adj] pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"

See Also | moral

Chaste In Webster's Dictionary

\Chaste\ (ch[=a]st), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure,
chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. [,c]udth to purify.]
1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous;
   continent. ``As chaste as Diana.'' --Shak.

         Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced.
                                               --Milton.

2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and
   obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a
   chaste mind; chaste eyes.

3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from
   barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste
   style in composition or art.

         That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence,
         the Book of Common Prayer.            --Macaulay.

4. Unmarried. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Syn: Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate;
     spotless.

{Chaste tree}. Same as {Agnus castus}.

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