单词 | virgo intacta |
释义 | virgo intactan. A woman of inviolate chastity (in quot. 1922, transferred of a man); one who has never had sexual intercourse, a virgin. Frequently in legal contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [noun] > a virgin maidenmaneOE maidenOE maida1225 virgina1393 vestal1593 virgo intacta1726 fresh meat1896 virguncule1911 cherry1928 virgie1930 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 228 The wife of one Bury was divorc'd from him upon the Score of Frigidity, it appearing that for three years after the Marriage she remain'd Virgo Intacta on the Account of the Husband's Impotency. 1829 J. Haggard Rep. Cases Eccl. Courts 1 728 If the parties lay together in one bed for so many years, of such ages, and the woman is certified to remain virgo intacta, there cannot be a stronger presumption that impotency existed, and that it was incurable. 1898 W. S. Churchill Let. 31 Mar. in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1967) I. Compan. ii. 908 She too is to be pitied..as she was not originally virgo intacta. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 465 I declare him to be virgo intacta. 1932 G. B. Shaw Let. 16 Apr. in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 300 Ellen, though she came through with me virgo intacta, gave herself away heart and soul without a thought of reserve. 1968 ‘A. Gilbert’ Night Encounter iv. 48 It was later shown that she was virgo intacta. 1980 J. B. Hilton Anathema Stone x. 107 She may have teased his patience... Hence my uncertainty as to whether she was virgo intacta. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1726 |
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