virginity

Meaning

The state or characteristic of being a virgin.

Synonyms

maidenhood

chastity

maidenhead

purity

virginhood

celibacy

virgin

tenderness

youthfulness

male virgin

pureness

cherry

hymen

juvenility

maidenliness

boyhood

spinsterhood

Translations

virginité

virginidad

verginità

Jungfräulichkeit

maagdelijkheid

fleur

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Unschuld

pucelage

Virginität

bakirelik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/və(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɪnɪti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: virginite

In summary

From Middle English virginite, from Old French virginite, from Latin virginitas. Equivalent to virgin + -ity. Displaced native Old English mæġeþhād, originally meaning “girlhood.”

Sentences

The pair are then seen in bed , implying that Richard has taken Jane's virginity .