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virginity

[ ver-jin-i-tee ]

noun

  1. the state or condition of being a virgin.
  2. the state or condition of being pure, fresh, or unused.
  3. Informal. any naive, uninitiated, or uninformed state.


virginity

/ vəˈdʒɪnɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the condition or fact of being a virgin; maidenhood; chastity
  2. the condition of being untouched, unsullied, etc


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Word History and Origins

Origin of virginity1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English virginite, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin virginitāt-, stem of virginitās, equivalent to virgin- (stem of virgō virgin ) + -itās -ity

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Example Sentences

He talks about the time he lost his virginity to a woman—a fan of Doogie Howser—at a house party in New Mexico.

How permanent virginity feels,” she says, “and then how inconsequential.

After losing her virginity, Dunham quickly developed a complicated relationship with sex and emotional connection.

When I left home at 17 for college, I had a list: Virginity?

But for me the movie is less about losing your virginity… Oh, I know!

And thou hast renewed the wickedness of thy youth, when thy breasts were pressed in Egypt, and the paps of thy virginity broken.

The excessive praise of virginity indicates a comparatively late origin.

Or she holds a lily in her right hand, to indicate her virginity and chastity, and the sweet odor of her virtues.

THE angel explains to Mary how, without detriment to her virginity, she will become a mother.

For him, Nina, watching with a fierce concentration, saw that she was virginity reduced to its last and most exquisite simplicity.

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