virgin-likeadj.adv.
/ˈvəːdʒɪnlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈvərdʒənˌlaɪk/ A. adj.
Resembling a virgin or that of a virgin; characteristic of or befitting a virgin; maidenlike.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [adjective] > virginal
unknowna1382
maidena1400
untouchedc1400
undefiledc1450
virginal1483
indeflore?a1513
maidenly1530
undeflowereda1533
virginly1548
untwight1558
virgin1560
unravished1563
undeflore1568
unexperta1586
virgin-like1586
vestal1595
virgineous1607
virginian1613
unseduceda1616
indevirginate?1624
zoned1726
virgie1930
unlaid1962
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 458 Oh cursed and furious enuie..seeing by thee man was first beguiled, and induced afterward..to water the earth, being yet virgine-like, with his brothers blood.
1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iii. iii And here we met faire Venus virgine like, Bearing her bowe and quiuer at her backe.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 520 When I heare them bragge to have so virgin-like a will and colde minde.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. ii. 22 Oh damn'd paper,..Art thou a Fœdarie for this Act; and look'st So Virgin-like without?
1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. 376 [To] restore unto it again that Virgin-like Attire.
1787 W. Jones Enchanted Fruit in Asiatic Misc. 53 Rich bowls.., Some virgin-like in native pride, And some with strong Haldea dyed.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) iii. 16 She had previously made a respectful virgin-like curtsey to the gentleman.
B. adv.
= virginly adv. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [adverb]
virginly1483
virgin-like1599
virginally1874
1599 J. Weever Epigrammes sig. E6 Chaste Lucretia virgine-like her dresses.
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