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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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

It’s set up as a typical American Pie riff about sex-obsessed teens trying to lose their virginity, but Superbad is really about Seth and Evan’s separation anxiety as they prepare to go to different colleges.

The virginity examination is a routine part of criminal proceedings when women are accused of moral crimes, including sex outside of marriage.

Epstein controlled every aspect of her life, Doe says, and “took her virginity against her will and wishes.”

Two decades later, with her gender revealed and virginity confirmed, she escaped death and returned to her native Spain, eventually even meeting the pope.

From Ozy

When Tunde loses his virginity, it’s painful for him, because his partner loses control of her power and shocks him while they’re in bed together.

From Vox

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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