demi-vierge
[ dem-ee-vee-airzh; French duh-mee-vyerzh ]
/ ˌdɛm i viˈɛərʒ; French də miˈvyɛrʒ /
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noun, plural de·mi-vierges [dem-ee-vee-air-zhiz; French duh-mee-vyerzh]. /ˌdɛm i viˈɛər ʒɪz; French də miˈvyɛrʒ/.
a girl or woman who behaves in a sexually provocative and permissive way without yielding her virginity.
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Also called dem·i-vir·gin [dem-ee-vur-jin, dem-ee-vur-]. /ˌdɛm iˈvɜr dʒɪn, ˈdɛm iˌvɜr-/.
Origin of demi-vierge
<French: literally, half-virgin; after Les demi-vierges (1894), a novel by French writer Marcel Prévost (1862–1940)
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British Dictionary definitions for demi-vierge
demivierge
/ (ˈdɛmɪˌvjɛəʒ) /
noun
a woman who engages in promiscuous sexual activity but retains her virginity
Word Origin for demivierge
C20: French, literally: half-virgin
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