Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: celibate, continent, plain, pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous

Antonyms: unchaste

See Also: moral

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