chaste
1chaste — [ ʃast ] adj. • 1138; lat. ecclés. castus « pur de » 1 ♦ Vx Qui s abstient des plaisirs jugés illicites et des pensées impures. ⇒ ascétique, 1. continent, pur, sage, vertueux. Chaste épouse. ⇒ honnête. La chaste Suzanne. Les chastes sœurs : les… …
2Chaste — (ch[=a]st), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro s pure, Skr. [,c]udh to purify.] [1913 Webster] 1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. As chaste as Diana. Shak. [1913 Webster] Whose bed is undefiled… …
3chaste — adj Chaste, pure, modest, decent are comparable when they mean free from all taint of what is lewd or salacious. Chaste fundamentally implies an opposition to immoral in the sense of that word in which it connotes lustfulness and licentiousness.… …
4chaste — CHASTE. adj. des 2 g. Qui s abstient des plaisirs d un amour illicite. Homme chaste. Femme chaste. [b]f♛/b] Il signifie aussi, Pur, éloigné de tout ce qui blesse la pudeur, la modestie. Amour chaste. Un coeur chaste. Il est chaste de corps et d… …
5chaste — chaste; chaste·ly; chaste·ness; un·chaste; un·chaste·ly; un·chaste·ness; …
6chaste — CHASTE. (l S se prononce) adj. de tout genre. Qui s abstient du plaisir de la chair, ou qui n en use que suivant la loy de Dieu. Homme chaste. femme chaste. amour chaste. un coeur chaste. il est chaste de corps & d esprit. cela blesse les… …
7chaste´ly — chaste «chayst», adjective. 1. morally pure; virtuous: »Chaste as morning dew (Edward Young). SYNONYM(S): innocent, continent. 2. Figurative. decent; modest …
8chaste — [tʃeıst] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin castus pure ] 1.) old fashioned not having sex with anyone, or not with anyone except your husband or wife →↑celibate, chastity ↑chastity ▪ She led a chaste, decent life. 2.) not showing… …
9chaste — [ tʃeıst ] adjective OLD FASHIONED someone who is chaste does not have sex a. MAINLY LITERARY showing no interest in sex: a chaste kiss ╾ chaste|ly adverb …
10chaste — [chāst] adj. [OFr < L castus, pure, chaste: see CASTE] 1. not indulging in unlawful sexual activity; virtuous 2. sexually abstinent; celibate 3. pure, decent, or modest in nature, behavior, etc. 4. restrained and simple in style; not ornate… …