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half-virgin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (slang, uncommon) A person who has participated in some sexual acts, but not full intercourse.
    • He wanted to say something later to Connie about the demi-vierge business…the half-virgin state of her affairs. But he could not bring himself to do it. 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 2, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020:

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half-virgins Number=Plur lexicographic