virgo intacta

British

/ ˈvɜːɡəʊ ɪnˈtæktə /

noun

a girl or woman whose hymen has not been broken

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Etymology

Origin of virgo intacta

Latin, literally: untouched virgin

Example Sentences

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She has submitted herself to the scrutiny of the person from whom she had most to fear, the Medical Examiner of Scotland Yard, and has been certified to be a "virgo intacta"�fact duly chronicled by the whole British press.

From Time Magazine Archive

Compare also Ezek. xvi., where Israel, before her marriage, appears as a virgo intacta.

From Project Gutenberg

He says that the girl whom the jury of matrons declared to be virgo intacta was so heavily veiled as to be unidentifiable through the whole proceedings, and that she was not Lady Essex at all, but the youthful daughter of Sir Thomas Monson.

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