maidenhead
see also: Maidenhead
Noun
Maidenhead
Pronunciation
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see also: Maidenhead
Noun
maidenhead
- (uncountable) Virginity.
- Synonyms: maidhood, maidenhood
- circa 1595 William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act I scene i:
- Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads; take it in what sense thou wilt.
- (anatomy) The hymen.
- German: Jungfräulichkeit
- Russian: де́вственность
- Portuguese: hímen
- Russian: де́вственная пле́ва
Maidenhead
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /meɪdənhɛd/
- A town in Berkshire, England.
- 1836, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
- A short time since, some friends drinking tea one summer evening at their residence near Maidenhead, with all the windows of the drawing-room open, there suddenly burst in a host of small flies, which covered the table and the furniture […]
- 1836, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
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