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ˈvirgin-like, a. and adv.
[f. virgin n.]
A. adj. Resembling a virgin or that of a virgin; characteristic of or befitting a virgin; maidenlike.
1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 432 Oh cursed and furious envie!..seeing by thee man was first beguiled, and induced afterward..to water the earth, being yet virgine-like, with his brothers blood. a1593Marlowe & Nashe Dido iii. iii, And here we met faire Venus virgine like, Bearing her bowe and quiuer at her backe. 1603Florio Montaigne iii. v. 520 When I heare them bragge to have so virgin-like a will and colde minde. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iii. ii. 22 Oh damn'd paper,..Art thou a Fœdarie for this Act, and look'st So Virgin-like without? 1721Strype Eccl. Mem. II. 376 [To] restore unto it again that Virgin-like Attire. a1794Sir W. Jones Enchanted Fruit Wks. 1799 VI. 189 Rich bowls.., Some virgin-like in native pride, And some with strong Haldea dyed. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair iii, She had previously made a respectful virgin-like curtsey to the gentleman.
B. adv. = virginly adv. rare.
1595J. Weever Epigr. (1599) E vj, Chaste Lucretia virgine-like her dresses. |