different between chaste vs untainted
chaste
English
Etymology
From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (“morally pure”), from Latin castus (“pure”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ch?st, IPA(key): /t?e?st/
- Homophone: chased
- Rhymes: -e?st
Adjective
chaste (comparative chaster, superlative chastest)
- Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
- Virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience.
- Austere, simple, undecorative.
- Decent, modest, morally pure.
Usage notes
Married couples are often exhorted to have “chaste sex” – compare the Vatican encyclical Casti Connubii (Of Chaste Wedlock).
Hyponyms
- celibate
- incel
Derived terms
- chastity
Translations
See also
- pure
Anagrams
- 'stache, 'taches, Scheat, achest, chates, cheats, he-cats, sachet, scathe, she-cat, stache, taches, thecas
French
Etymology
From Old French chaste, caste, a semi-learned term derived from Latin castus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ast/
Adjective
chaste (plural chastes)
- chaste; celibate
Related terms
- chasteté
Further reading
- “chaste” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- caste
Etymology
Semi-learned term derived from Latin castus.
Adjective
chaste m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chaste)
- chaste; celibate
Related terms
- chasteté
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untainted
English
Etymology
un- +? tainted
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?te?nt?d/
Adjective
untainted (comparative more untainted, superlative most untainted)
- Not tainted; free of contamination; pure.
- The master of [the Bell public house] is brother to the great preacher Whitefield; but is absolutely untainted with the pernicious principles of Methodism, or of any other heretical sect.
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