单词 | to ravish, rob, etc virginity |
释义 | > as lemmasto ravish, rob, etc. (a woman's) virginity b. Frequently in phrases, esp. with possessives, as to ravish, rob, etc. (a woman's) virginity; to keep, lose, etc. (one's) virginity; sometimes with approximation to a concrete sense. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 6340 To robbe the virginite Of a yong innocent aweie. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 5649 Thus this tirant there Beraft hire such thing as men sein Mai neveremor be yolde ayein, And that was the virginite. a1450 Quixley's Ballades in Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. (1909) 20 46 (MED) Tereus kyng..The virginite rauysht be treson Of Philomene. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde sig. avi And chase leuer the smytynge of, of her hede, than to lose her vyrgynyte. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 23 Whan he was ded, þer come a knyȝt, and spoiled me of my virginite. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 131/1 Her heare hangyng aboute her shoulders in two partes deuided (wherwith her shamefaste chastitie and Virginitie was couered). 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 47 If you..Haue vanquisht the resistance of her youth, And made defeate of her virginitie . View more context for this quotation 1622 S. Rowlands Good Newes & Bad Newes 21 Since Nans Virginity past help is lost, They'l teach him what a maidenhead will cost. c1706 M. Prior True Maid 1 For my Virginity, When I lose that, says Rose, I'll dye. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) That the next Relation, or Friend of the Maid's, shall undertake to enjoy her before him, and take away her Virginity. 1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 341 These holy martyrs seem..to have met a glorious death in defence of their virginity from the army of the Huns. 1866 B. Taylor On Leaving Calif. in Poems 272 Mother of mighty men, thou shalt not mourn Thy lost virginity. < as lemmas |
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