Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (3)
1.
morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse);
- Example: "a holy woman innocent and chaste"2.
pure and simple in design or style;
- Example: "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"3.
abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chaste \Chaste\ (ch[=a]st), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure,
chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. [,c]udh to purify.]
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1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous;
continent. "As chaste as Diana." --Shak.
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Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced.
--Milton.
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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.
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3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from
barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste
style in composition or art.
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That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence,
the Book of Common Prayer. --Macaulay.
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4. Unmarried. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate;
spotless.
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Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chaste
adj 1: morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual
intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste" [ant:
unchaste]
2: pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of
conventionalized flowers"
3: abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse