資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chaste \Chaste\ (ch[=a]st), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure,
   chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. [,c]udth to purify.]
   1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous;
      continent. ``As chaste as Diana.'' --Shak.

            Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and
      obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a
      chaste mind; chaste eyes.

   3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from
      barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste
      style in composition or art.

            That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence,
            the Book of Common Prayer.            --Macaulay.

   4. Unmarried. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   Syn: Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate;
        spotless.

   {Chaste tree}. Same as {Agnus castus}.