What does chaste mean?
Definitions for chaste
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Princeton's WordNet
chaste(adj)
morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
"a holy woman innocent and chaste"
chaste(adj)
pure and simple in design or style
"a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"
chaste(adj)
abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
Wiktionary
chaste(Adjective)
abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate
Etymology: From chaste, from castus.
chaste(Adjective)
virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience
Etymology: From chaste, from castus.
chaste(Adjective)
simple, austere, undecorative
Etymology: From chaste, from castus.
chaste(Adjective)
modest, decent, morally pure
Etymology: From chaste, from castus.
Webster Dictionary
Chaste(adj)
pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent
Chaste(adj)
pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes
Chaste(adj)
pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art
Chaste(adj)
unmarried
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Chaste
chāst, adj. modest; refined; virtuous: pure in taste and style.—adv. Chaste′ly.—ns. Chaste′ness, the quality of being chaste; Chas′tity, sexual purity: virginity: refinement of language: moderation. [O. Fr. chaste—L. castus, pure.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of chaste in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of chaste in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of chaste in a Sentence
Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.
Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go.
There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.
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