Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - chaste
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If you describe a person or their behaviour as chaste, you mean that they do not have sex with anyone, or they only have sex with their husband or wife. (OLD-FASHIONED) He remained chaste... ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective (~r; ~st) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin castus pure Date: 13th century 1. innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse 2. celibate 3. pure in thought and act ; modest 4. a. severely simple in design or execution ; austere ~ classicism b. clean, spotless • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, pure, modest, decent mean free from all taint of what is lewd or salacious. ~ primarily implies a refraining from acts or even thoughts or desires that are not virginal or not sanctioned by marriage vows they maintained ~ relations. pure differs from ~ in implying innocence and absence of temptation rather than control of one's impulses and actions the pure of heart. modest and decent apply especially to deportment and dress as outward signs of inward chastity or purity preferred more modest swimsuits decent people didn't go to such movies. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse. 2 (of behaviour, speech, etc.) pure, virtuous, decent. 3 (of artistic etc. style) simple, unadorned. Phrases and idioms chaste-tree an ornamental shrub, Vitex agnus-castus, with blue or white flowers. Derivatives chastely adv. chasteness n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L castus ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. целомудренный; девственный; непорочный, невинный chaste eyes —- невинный взор chaste wife —- добродетельная жена 2. строгий; чистый; простой; скромный; сдержанный chaste deportment —- скромное поведение chaste taste —- строгий (неиспорченный) вкус ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) целомудренный; девственный 2) строгий, чистый (о стиле); простой Syn: continent, pure, virtuous Ant: dirty, immoral, impure, indecent, lewd, tainted ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 12c., "virtuous, pure from unlawful sexual intercourse," from O.Fr. chaste "morally pure," from L. castus "pure, chaste," related to castare "to cut off." Sense of "celibate" is first attested 1596. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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