un chaste

adjective

not chaste; not virtuous; not pure: an unchaste woman.

characterized by sexual suggestiveness, transgression, or excess; lascivious; bawdy: an unchaste exhibition.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see un-¹, chaste

Related forms

un·chaste·ly, adverb

un·chaste·ness, un·chas·ti·ty

[uhn-chas-ti-tee] , noun

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Word Origin & History

unchaste

1382, from un- (1) "not" + chaste.

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Un chaste is always a great word to know.

So is slumgullion. Does it mean:

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

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