CHASTE

chaste. Chaste, a. undefiled, pure, true, honest, unmixed

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Chaste (chāst), a. [[F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. καθαρόσ pure, Skr. çudth to purify.]] 1. 1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. “As chaste as Diana.” Shak.
Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. Milton. 2. 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.
3. 3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.
That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. Macaulay. 4. 4. Unmarried. Chaucer.
Syn. — Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless. Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus.