different between virtuous vs chaste

English

Alternative forms

• vertuous (obsolete)
• vertuus (obsolete)
• virtuose (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtu?sus, from Latin virt?s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??t????s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?t??u?s/
• Hyphenation: vir?tu?ous

Adjective

virtuous (comparative more virtuous, superlative most virtuous)

1. Full of virtue, having excellent moral character.

Synonyms

• good
• righteous

Derived terms

• virtuous circle, virtuous cycle
• virtuousness

Related terms

• virtual
• virtue
• virtuosity

Translations

Further reading

• virtuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• virtuous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Adjective

virtuous

1. Alternative form of vertuous

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