Meaning chaste
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chaste


c. 1200, "virtuous, pure from unlawful sexual intercourse" (as defined by the Church), from Old French chaste "morally pure" (12c.), from Latin castus "clean, pure, morally pu [..]
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chaste


pure; uncorrupt.
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chaste


(adj) morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)(adj) pure and simple in design or style(adj) abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
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adj. "chaste, sexually pure; sexually faithful," s.v. chaste a. OED. KEY: chaste@adj
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adj 19 chaast 9 chast 2 chaste 8
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adv. "chastely, virtuously"; not in OED. KEY: chaste@adv
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adv 1 chaast 1
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chaste


abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience simple, austere, undecorative ''a chaste style in composition or art'' modest, decent, morall [..]
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