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chaste

adj
/t͡ʃeɪst/

Etymology

From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (“morally pure”), from Latin castus (“pure”).

  1. derived from castus
  2. derived from chaste
  3. inherited from chaste

Definitions

  1. Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

    • When we consider the great excellence of chaste wedlock, Venerable Brethren, it appears all the more regrettable that particularly in our day we should witness this divine institution often scorned and on every side degraded.
    • Theirs was a chaste marriage, loving and content.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at chaste. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01chaste02pure03pollutants04pollutant05waste06garbage07foul08unclean

A definitional loop anchored at chaste. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at chaste

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA