chaste
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French chaste (“morally pure”), from Latin castus (“pure”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: chāst, IPA(key): /tʃeɪst/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: chased
- Rhymes: -eɪst
Adjective
chaste (comparative chaster, superlative chastest)
- abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate
- virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience
- simple, austere, undecorative
- a chaste style in composition or art
- modest, decent, morally pure
- a chaste mind; chaste eyes
Usage notes
- Married couples are often exhorted to have "chaste sex"--compare the Vatican encyclical Casti Connubii (Of Chaste Wedlock).
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
abstaining from sexual intercourse
innocent — see innocent
celibate — see celibate
austere — see austere
modest — see modest
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French
Etymology
From Old French chaste, caste, a semi-learned term derived from Latin castus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃast/
Audio (file)
Adjective
chaste (plural chastes)
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Further reading
- “chaste” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
chaste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chaste)
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