All 7 Uses of
chaste
in
Gone with the Wind
- On the other hand, if she permitted one chaste peck, he might bring her other lovely presents in the hope of getting another kiss.†
Chpt 2.13 *chaste = not having sexual intercourse (ever, outside of marriage, or for a long time); or not involving sexual desire
- Of course, you've probably wondered why I never tried to follow up that chaste peck I gave you, the day I brought you that bonnet—†
Chpt 3.17
- Mammy was a country negro but she had not always been a country negro and she knew that no chaste woman ever rode in a hired conveyance—especially a closed carriage—without the escort of some male member of her family.†
Chpt 4.33
- Surely there can be no harm in discussing so chaste an idyl— when there hasn't been anything wrong.†
Chpt 4.36
- "Good God!" cried the doctor, thunderstruck, for it had never occurred to him that the curiosity of a chaste woman concerning her unchaste sisters was so devouring.†
Chpt 4.46
- "Good God!" cried the doctor, thunderstruck, for it had never occurred to him that the curiosity of a chaste woman concerning her unchaste sisters was so devouring.†
Chpt 4.46unchaste = sexually experienced or active; or involving sexual desirestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unchaste means not and reverses the meaning of chaste. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Keep your chaste bed, my dear.†
Chpt 5.51chaste = not having sexual intercourse (ever, outside of marriage, or for a long time); or not involving sexual desire
Definitions:
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(1)
(chaste as in: remained chaste) not having sex; or not involving sexual desireThe exact meaning of not having sex depends upon context. It can mean
- to be a virgin (never have sex)
- to be sexually inactive currently or for a long time
- to not have sex outside of marriage
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, chaste can refer to an unornamented simple style.