chaste.
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly
Meaning & usage
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
Theirs was a chaste marriage, loving and content.
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Synonym of celibate, abstaining from any sexual intercourse.
Theirs was a chaste marriage, cold and sexless.
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Synonym of virginal, innocent, having or providing no sexual knowledge or experience.
Her upbringing had been so chaste that her first experience French kissing ended in a panicked dash to the Piggly Wiggly to buy a home pregnancy test, just in case.
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Synonym of modest, particularly (sexism) in reference to behavior expected of sexually pure women.
I ask again what reason could a chaste woman possibly have for being out so late? and in that part of town? Your Honor, we repeat our motion that you recuse yourself from this case.
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly Synonym of austere, plain, unextravagant, particularly demure, sexually discreet.
The chaste style of most early modern novels is elegant but intensely boring, particularly for teenagers too inexperienced to effectively read between the lines.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (“morally pure”), from Latin castus (“pure”).
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