chaste — [ ʃast ] adj. • 1138; lat. ecclés. castus « pur de » 1 ♦ Vx Qui s abstient des plaisirs jugés illicites et des pensées impures. ⇒ ascétique, 1. continent, pur, sage, vertueux. Chaste épouse. ⇒ honnête. La chaste Suzanne. Les chastes sœurs : les… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chaste — adj Chaste, pure, modest, decent are comparable when they mean free from all taint of what is lewd or salacious. Chaste fundamentally implies an opposition to immoral in the sense of that word in which it connotes lustfulness and licentiousness.… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
chaste — CHASTE. adj. des 2 g. Qui s abstient des plaisirs d un amour illicite. Homme chaste. Femme chaste. [b]f♛/b] Il signifie aussi, Pur, éloigné de tout ce qui blesse la pudeur, la modestie. Amour chaste. Un coeur chaste. Il est chaste de corps et d… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
chaste — chaste; chaste·ly; chaste·ness; un·chaste; un·chaste·ly; un·chaste·ness; … English syllables
chaste — CHASTE. (l S se prononce) adj. de tout genre. Qui s abstient du plaisir de la chair, ou qui n en use que suivant la loy de Dieu. Homme chaste. femme chaste. amour chaste. un coeur chaste. il est chaste de corps & d esprit. cela blesse les… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
chaste´ly — chaste «chayst», adjective. 1. morally pure; virtuous: »Chaste as morning dew (Edward Young). SYNONYM(S): innocent, continent. 2. Figurative. decent; modest … Useful english dictionary
chaste — [tʃeıst] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin castus pure ] 1.) old fashioned not having sex with anyone, or not with anyone except your husband or wife →↑celibate, chastity ↑chastity ▪ She led a chaste, decent life. 2.) not showing… … Dictionary of contemporary English
chaste — [ tʃeıst ] adjective OLD FASHIONED someone who is chaste does not have sex a. MAINLY LITERARY showing no interest in sex: a chaste kiss ╾ chaste|ly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chaste — [chāst] adj. [OFr < L castus, pure, chaste: see CASTE] 1. not indulging in unlawful sexual activity; virtuous 2. sexually abstinent; celibate 3. pure, decent, or modest in nature, behavior, etc. 4. restrained and simple in style; not ornate… … English World dictionary
chaste — (adj.) early 13c., virtuous, pure from unlawful sexual intercourse, from O.Fr. chaste (12c.) morally pure, from L. castus clean, pure, morally pure (see CASTE (Cf. caste)). Transferred sense of sexually pure is first attested 1560s, probably by… … Etymology dictionary
