chaste

Meaning

  1. Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
  2. Virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience.
  3. Austere, simple, undecorative.
  4. Decent, modest, morally pure.

Frequency

20k
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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