different between uncorrupt vs chaste

English

Etymology

un- +? corrupt

Adjective

uncorrupt (comparative more uncorrupt, superlative most uncorrupt)

1. Not corrupt; honest, fair.

   What this city needs is an uncorrupt police force.

2. (archaic) Not having decayed.

   An uncorrupt dead body was thought to be a vampire.

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)

1. Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
2. Virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience.
3. Austere, simple, undecorative.

4. 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)

1. 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)

1. chaste; celibate

Related terms

• chasteté