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chaste
chaste / chāst/ • adj. abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse. ∎ not having any sexual nature or intention: a chaste, consoling embrace. ∎ without unnecessary ornamentation; simple or restrained: the dark, chaste interior. DERIVATIVES: chaste·ly adv. chaste·ness n. |
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"chaste." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "chaste." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-chaste.html "chaste." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-chaste.html |
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chaste XIII. — (O)F. — L. castus.
So chastity XIII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "chaste." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "chaste." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-chaste.html T. F. HOAD. "chaste." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-chaste.html |
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chaste
•barefaced, baste, boldfaced, chaste, haste, lambaste, paste, po-faced, red-faced, self-faced, shamefaced, smooth-faced, strait-laced, taste, unplaced, untraced, waist, waste
•toothpaste • foretaste • aftertaste
•shirtwaist
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"chaste." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "chaste." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-chaste.html "chaste." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-chaste.html |
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