Definitions for chaste
tʃeɪstchaste

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chaste(adj)

   morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)

   "a holy woman innocent and chaste"

2. chaste(adj)

   pure and simple in design or style

   "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"

3. chaste(adj)

   abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chaste(Adjective)

   abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate

   Etymology: From chaste, from castus.

2. chaste(Adjective)

   virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience

   Etymology: From chaste, from castus.

3. chaste(Adjective)

   simple, austere, undecorative

   Etymology: From chaste, from castus.

4. chaste(Adjective)

   modest, decent, morally pure

   Etymology: From chaste, from castus.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chaste(adj)

   pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent

2. 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

3. Chaste(adj)

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

4. Chaste(adj)

   unmarried

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

Anagrams for chaste »

1. taches

2. sachet

3. scathe

4. cheats

5. stache

How to pronounce chaste?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chaste in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chaste in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of chaste in a Sentence

1. Fyodor Dostoyevsky:

   Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.

2. Malcolm Muggeridge:

   Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

3. William Shakespeare:

   Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go.

4. Eric Hoffer:

   There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.

5. Alexander Hamilton:

   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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