demi-vierge

[dem-ee-vee-airzh, duh-mee-vyerzh]

noun

plural

demi-vierges 

1. a girl or woman who behaves in a sexually provocative and permissive way without yielding her virginity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of demi-vierge¹

< French: literally, half-virgin; after Les demi-vierges (1894), a novel by French writer Marcel Prévost (1862–1940)

Example Sentences

For me it was impossible to associate with a demi-vierge.

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Well, Monsieur, I have told you that, in Alexandria, I was of necessity a friend of the demi-vierge, and I am familiar with the significant change in the tone of these women when they have secured a wealthy lover.

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Marcel Prevost justifies his unpleasant discourse on the plea that modern education tends more and more to develop the type "demi-vierge," and that, if the education of the young girl be not greatly modified, "Christian marriage will perish."

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Who, even if this little fool were merely demi-vierge, would hesitate between them?

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The French type of the demi-vierge is just beginning to play its rôle in the new world.

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