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Chaste vs Intemerate - What's the difference?

chaste | intemerate |

As adjectives the difference between chaste and intemerate

is that chaste is abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate while intemerate is (rare) pure, undefiled, chaste.

chaste

English

Adjective

(er)
  • abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate
  • virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience
  • simple, austere, undecorative
    • a chaste style in composition or art
  • modest, decent, morally pure
    • a chaste''' mind; '''chaste eyes

    Usage notes

    * Married couples are often exhorted to have "chaste sex"--compare the Vatican encyclical Casti Connubii (Of Chaste Wedlock ).

    Derived terms

    * chastity

    See also

    * pure

    Anagrams

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    intemerate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * intemerated (qualifier)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) pure, undefiled, chaste

    • Quotations

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