All 3 Uses of
chaste
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain If with too credent ear you list his songs, Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open To his unmaster'd importunity.†
Scene 1.3 *
- If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry,— be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.†
Scene 3.1
- That drop of blood that's calm proclaims me bastard; Cries cuckold to my father; brands the harlot Even here, between the chaste unsmirched brow Of my true mother.†
Scene 4.5
Definition:
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(chaste as in: innocent and chaste) not having sexual intercourse (ever, outside of marriage, or for a long time); or not involving sexual desire