CHASTE
ADJECTIVES
► CAST chaste → c1430 obs.
► CASTICAL making chaste, pure or continent → 1656 obs.
► CHASTE AS AN ANGEL extremely chaste → c1450
► DECENT chaste → M16
► LEAL of a woman: chaste, pure, unsullied → 1745 Sc.
► MODESTIOUS chaste in habits, modest → 1547 obs.
► WELL-HAINED chaste → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► IRONCLAD a severely chaste popular play, song, etc. → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► IRONCLAD a severely chaste girl or woman → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► MAID a person of chaste life of either sex; a bachelor → 1883 Eng. dial.
► MAIDEN a person of chaste life → 1883 Eng. dial.
► SALAMANDER a woman who lives chastely in the midst of temptations → 1711 obs.