Both Uses of
chaste
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- It really is not becoming,' said Mrs Wititterly, closing her chaste eyes as she spoke; 'it is improper—quite improper.'†
Chpt 28 *
- With these reproaches Miss Squeers flung the door wide open, and disclosed to the eyes of the astonished Browdies and Nicholas, not only her own symmetrical form, arrayed in the chaste white garments before described (a little dirtier), but the form of her brother and father, the pair of Wackfords.†
Chpt 42
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