celibate
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Tính từ
adjectiveComparative
cælibate
Superlative
cœlibate
- 1.
(not comparable)(chiefly religious) Not married.
- 2.
(broadly, not comparable)(by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate.
Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
cælibatecœlibate
- 1.
(uncountable)One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.
- 2.
(obsolete, uncountable)A celibate state; celibacy.
Động từ
verbV_es/s
celibates
V_ing/Gerund
celibating
V_ed/pp
celibatedcælibate
- 1.
(intransitive, rare)To practice celibacy.
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Probably from the noun (celibacy) or from celibacy on the model of privacy/private, etc. Alternatively, from caelebs + -ate.