virginity
/vəˈdʒɪnɪti/vur-JIH-nih-tee
/vɚˈdʒɪnɪti/vur-JIH-nih-tee
Meaningthe state of being a virgin
Common meaning: never having had sex
- virgina maidenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1995 · scan
- itynoun ending: being so, the quality of
Journey through time
- Latinvirgō, -inis‘a maiden’
- Old Frenchvirginesource
- Englishvirgin‘one who has never had sex’
- Englishformed in English from virginvirginity‘never having had sex’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from virgin + -ity.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VIRGIN, p.688 · scan
Roots
- virgō, -inis Latin “a maiden”
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