chaste Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
- a holy woman innocent and chaste
adjective satellite pure and simple in design or style
- a chaste border of conventionalized flowers
adjective satellite abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. pure, Skr. udth to purify.

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. "As chaste as Diana." Shak.
Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. Milton.
Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.
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.
Unmarried. Obs. Chaucer. Syn. -- Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless.