Chaste
Chaste (chāst) , adjective
[French chaste, from Latin castus pure, chaste; compare Greek kaqaro`s pure, Sanskrit cudh to purify.]
1.
Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.
As chaste as Diana.
Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced.
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.
3.
Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.
That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer.
4.
Unmarried. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Collocations (1)
Chaste tree , Same as Agnus castus.