chaste
Meaning
- Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
- Virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience.
- Austere, simple, undecorative.
- Decent, modest, morally pure.
Synonyms
not libidinous
looking with purity
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃeɪst/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (“morally pure”), from Latin castus (“pure”).
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