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Describes someone who hasn't had sex yet, or more broadly, anything new and untouched.
means Never having had sex, or more broadly, untouched and unused — the state of being new to an experience.
from Traces back to the Latin 'virgo' (maiden, young woman), via 'virginalis.' The root's deeper origins are murky — possibly connected to notions of youthful vigor or freshness — but by the time it settled into English it already carried the full weight of purity, chastity, and untouched status that cultures have policed, prized, and projected onto women's bodies for centuries.
- origin
- from Latin virgo, originally just meant young woman
- also
- a small Renaissance keyboard instrument, unrelated and underrated
- double standard
- historically policed for women far more than men
- not permanent
- status, not a trait, expires on contact