| 单词 | clean maiden |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclean maiden b. A man without experience of sexual intercourse, esp. by reason of abstention; = maid n.1 1b. Frequently in clean maiden. In later use English regional (Yorkshire) (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [noun] > a virgin > specifically male maidena1225 maidc1300 virginc1330 a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 131 (MED) Ich ȝew habbe bewedded ane were clane maiden, þat is, to Criste. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 995 (MED) Of bodi was he mayden clene. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. ix. 173 Maydenes and maydenes macche ȝow togideres. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 277 (MED) He was a munk and priour of his hows, & a clene mayden. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 816 Sir Percyvale..was a parfyte mayden. 1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) D iij Ye grete nombre of his apostles were maydens. 1883 Yorks. Weekly Post 8 Sept. 7/6 Maid, maiden, a person of a chaste life..in reference to either sex. < as lemmas |
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