Definitions for chaste
tʃeɪstchaste

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chasteadjective

   morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)

   "a holy woman innocent and chaste"

2. chasteadjective

   pure and simple in design or style

   "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"

3. chasteadjective

   abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chasteadjective

   abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate

2. chasteadjective

   virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience

3. chasteadjective

   simple, austere, undecorative

4. chasteadjective

   modest, decent, morally pure

5. Etymology: From chaste, from castus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CHASTEadjective

   Etymology: chaste, Fr. castus, Lat.

   1. Pure from all commerce of sexes; as a chaste virgin.2. With respect to language; pure; uncorrupt; not mixed with barbarous phrases.3. Without obscenity.

   Among words which signify the same principal ideas, some are clean and decent, others unclean; some chaste, others obscene. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   4. True to the marriage bed.

   Love your children, be discreet, chaste, keepers at home. Titus, ii. 5.

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1. chaste

   Chaste refers to the state of being pure or abstinent, often in a sexual context. It is characterized by modesty, decency and refraining from engaging in extramarital or premarital sexual activity. This term can also denote innocence or cleanliness in a broad sense.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chasteadjective

   pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent

2. Chasteadjective

   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. Chasteadjective

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

4. Chasteadjective

   unmarried

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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. cheats

2. sachet

3. scathe

4. stache

5. taches

6. scheat

How to pronounce chaste?

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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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. Eric Hoffer:

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

2. William Shakespeare:

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

3. Cervantes:

   Poesy is a beauteous damsel, chaste, honourable, discreet, witty, retired, and who keeps herself within the limits of propriety. She is a friend of solitude; fountains entertain her, meadows console her, woods free her from ennui, flowers delight her; in short, she gives pleasure and instruction to all with whom she communicates.

4. Chris Kilham:

   Overall, I would give vitex or chaste berry a thumbs up.

5. Malcolm Muggeridge:

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

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