demi-vierge

noun

Someone (especially a young woman) who has had some experience of sexual activity, but who still considers herself, or presents herself as, a virgin.

OriginFrench demi-vierge →
First used 19th c.
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Meanings

noundemi-vierge (plural demi-vierges)

plural demi-vierges

  1. derogatorySomeone (especially a young woman) who has had some experience of sexual activity, but who still considers herself, or presents herself as, a virgin.First known use 19th c.

    “I hope, Connie, you won't let circumstances force you into being a demi-vierge.”

    1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC, page 17
    1 more example

    It concerned an ostensibly “innocent” girl, a demi-vierge, who wanted sexual pleasure (without any danger attached) but still felt shame before a man.

    1946, Anonymous, translating Magnus Hirschfeld, The Sexual History of the World War, p. 203

Origin

  1. Frenchdemi-vierge
  2. Englishdemi-vierge

From French demi-vierge.

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Chicago

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