chaste
chaste is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.
- 2.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.
- 3.Unmarried. [Obs.] Chaucer. Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- academical
- all
- and
- antithesis
- are
- artistic
- brother
- call
- chastity
- cherry
- classical
- classicalism
- classicism
- come
- common
- commonplace
- concinnity
- continence
- continent
- correct
- decency
- decent
- decorous
- decorum
- delicacy
- delicate
- dry
- ease
- easy
- elegance
- elegant
- euphemism
- euphemistic
- euphonious
- euphony
- fact
- felicitous
- flowing
- fluent
- grace
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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