Superlative form of chaste; most pure, modest, or virtuous among a group.
Regular superlative formation from 'chaste' using the '-est' suffix, the traditional English way to form superlatives for shorter adjectives.
In Renaissance and medieval literature, women were constantly described in competition for who was the 'chastest'—this obsessive comparison reveals how society used this quality to judge and rank women's value.
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