'Chaste' definitions:
Definition of 'chaste'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste" [ant: unchaste]
adjective
Pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"
adjective
Abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
Definition of 'Chaste'
From: GCIDE
- Chaste \Chaste\ (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 and chaste pronounced. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art. [1913 Webster]
- That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Unmarried. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
- Syn: Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless. [1913 Webster]
- Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chaste'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abase,
- absolute,
- abstemious,
- abstinent,
- aesthetic,
- afflict,
- Apostolic,
- artistic,
- ascetic,
- Attic,
- austere,
- bare,
- basic,
- becoming,
- beyond all praise,
- blotless,
- castigate,
- celibate,
- chasten,
- chastise,
- choice,
- Ciceronian,
- classic,
- classical,
- clean,
- cleanly,
- clear,
- common,
- commonplace,
- continent,
- correct,
- decent,
- decorous,
- defectless,
- direct,
- discipline,
- easy,
- elegant,
- elementary,
- Encratic,
- essential,
- ethical,
- everyday,
- excellent,
- faultless,
- finished,
- flawless,
- fruitarian,
- fundamental,
- garden,
- garden-variety,
- good,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- guiltless,
- homely,
- homespun,
- homogeneous,
- household,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- ideal,
- immaculate,
- impeccable,
- in good taste,
- indefectible,
- indefective,
- indivisible,
- infallible,
- innocent,
- irreducible,
- irreproachable,
- just right,
- Lenten,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- maidenly,
- matter-of-fact,
- mere,
- modest,
- monolithic,
- moral,
- natural,
- neat,
- nephalistic,
- nondescript,
- of a piece,
- of choice,
- of quality,
- on the wagon,
- ordinary,
- peerless,
- pellucid,
- perfect,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- pleasing,
- polished,
- primal,
- primary,
- proper,
- prosaic,
- prosy,
- pure,
- pure and simple,
- pure in heart,
- purehearted,
- Pythagorean,
- quiet,
- Rechabite,
- refined,
- restrained,
- righteous,
- round,
- seemly,
- severe,
- sexually abstinent,
- sexually innocent,
- Shaker,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- single,
- sinless,
- snowy,
- spare,
- Spartan,
- spotless,
- stainless,
- stark,
- Stoic,
- straightforward,
- subdued,
- sworn off,
- taintless,
- tasteful,
- teetotal,
- terse,
- trim,
- try,
- unadorned,
- unadulterated,
- unaffected,
- unblemished,
- unblotted,
- uncluttered,
- uncontaminated,
- uncorrupt,
- undecorated,
- undefiled,
- understated,
- undifferenced,
- undifferentiated,
- unembellished,
- unfaultable,
- uniform,
- unlabored,
- unmixed,
- unobtrusive,
- unsoiled,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- untainted,
- untarnished,
- vegetarian,
- virgin,
- virginal,
- virtuous,
- well-chosen,
- white,
- wholesome,
- workaday,
- workday