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virginity

virginity

108 4.3
The state of never having had sex
  • noun
  • /vɜrˈdʒɪnɪti/
  • NSFW
translation icon : virginidad
  • You know, I lost my virginity in my Nan's house with my cousin in the room.
  • lose one's virginity
  • virginity before marriage
  • loss of virginity

No, I'm not, but also virginity is such an outdated social construct.

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Examples

  • I lost my virginity to Deborah.

  • How did you lose your virginity in college?

  • Once you lose your virginity, the second time... You want to keep going?

  • Who lost their virginity first?

  • I lost my virginity in that barn.

  • Nearly one in five 13-year-olds lost her virginity to a man at least five years her senior.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Our culture focuses on women's virginity more than men's.

  • Many young people feel pressure to lose their virginity before they are ready.

  • She decided to wait until she found the right person to lose her virginity.

  • In some cultures, losing your virginity is seen as a significant milestone.

Idioms

To have sex for the first time

To try something important for the second time after a long break

How Chaste

purity
  • Formal
18 3.3
virginity
  • NSFW
108 4.3
chastity
35 8.1
promiscuity
  • NSFW
18 7.9

Surface Forms

virginity singular
virginities plural

Morphology

virginity = virgin (transparent) = virgin + ity

Formed by the productive nominalizing suffix '-ity' on the noun 'virgin', giving the state or quality of being a virgin, which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Virginity comes from the word virgin, which goes back to the Latin virgo meaning 'maiden' or 'young woman'. So virginity is the state of being a virgin, often used to mean 'never having had sexual intercourse'.