virginity

[ ver-jin-i-tee ]
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noun
  1. the state or condition of being a virgin.

  2. the state or condition of being pure, fresh, or unused.

  1. Informal. any naive, uninitiated, or uninformed state.

Origin of virginity

1
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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British Dictionary definitions for virginity

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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