chaste

CEFRC1

/t͡ʃeɪst/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not having sex or sexual relationships, especially for moral reasons.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

Examples

  • "I'm not an incel," Tom insisted. "I'm chaste."

  • My wife is chaste and pious.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /t͡ʃæst/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.

  2. Synonym of celibate, abstaining from any sexual intercourse.

  3. Synonym of virginal, innocent, having or providing no sexual knowledge or experience.

More examples

In context

  • Theirs was a chaste marriage, cold and sexless.

  • Theirs was a chaste marriage, loving and content.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (“morally pure”), from Latin castus (“pure”).