Chaste
21chaste — [[t]tʃe͟ɪst[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe a person or their behaviour as chaste, you mean that they do not have sex with anyone, or they only have sex with their husband or wife. [OLD FASHIONED] He remained chaste... Abramov did not live a… …
22chaste — [[t]tʃeɪst[/t]] adj. chast•er, chast•est 1) refraining from sexual intercourse, regarded as contrary to morality or religion 2) virginal 3) not engaging in sexual relations; celibate 4) decent and modest: chaste conversation[/ex] 5) unsullied;… …
23chaste — UK [tʃeɪst] / US adjective Word forms chaste : adjective chaste comparative chaster superlative chastest a) old fashioned someone who is chaste does not have sex b) mainly literary showing no interest in sex a chaste kiss Derived word: chastely… …
24Chaste — Chasteté Allégorie de la chasteté Tableau de Hans Memling. La chasteté fait référence à un comportement sexuel jugé acceptable selon les normes éthiques d une culture, civilisation ou religion donnée. Sommaire …
25chaste — chastely, adv. chasteness, n. /chayst/, adj., chaster, chastest. 1. refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous. 2. virgin. 3. not engaging in sexual relations; celibate. 4. free from… …
26chaste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. virtuous, pure, undefiled, clean, innocent; simple, classic, severe. See innocence, simpleness, elegance, celibacy, cleanness. Ant., libidinous, wanton. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Restrained] Syn.… …
27chaste — [13] Chaste comes via Old French from Latin castus ‘pure’. The notion of making someone pure, by correcting or reproving them, was expressed in Latin by the derived verb castīgāre, which passed into English in the 17th century as castigate. Old… …
28chaste — [13] Chaste comes via Old French from Latin castus ‘pure’. The notion of making someone pure, by correcting or reproving them, was expressed in Latin by the derived verb castīgāre, which passed into English in the 17th century as castigate. Old… …
29chaste — adj. Chaste is used with these nouns: ↑kiss …
30chaste — adjective 1 old fashioned having very high personal moral standards in your sexual behaviour: Wives are expected to remain chaste, whatever their husbands behaviour. compare celibate, see also: chastity 2 simple and plain in style chastely adverb …
