Esp. of a woman: virtuous as regards sexual morality, chaste; virginal. archaic and rare after early 18th cent.
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释义 | society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > [adjective] > chaste > of women (5) honesta1400 Esp. of a woman: virtuous as regards sexual morality, chaste; virginal. archaic and rare after early 18th cent. virtuousa1600 Esp. of a woman: abstaining from immoral sexual activity; chaste; virginal. Cf. virtue, n. 2c. zoned1726 Wearing a zone or girdle. Hence, virgin, chaste. straight1893 Of a person: Well-conducted, steady. Chiefly in to keep straight. Also, of a woman: Virtuous, chaste. tight-assed1903 Of a woman: (see quot. 1903). |
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