Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chaste"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Chaste \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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

chaste
adj 1: morally pure especially not having experienced sexual
intercourse; "a holy woman innocent and chaste" [ant:
{unchaste}]
2: pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of
conventionalized flowers"
3: abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse


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