Maidenhead

Origin

From maiden + -head

Full definition of maidenhead

Noun

1. (uncountable) Virginity.
• 1977, Geoffrey Chaucer, , Penguin Classics, p. 363:My lord, ...
  I brought you nothing else it may be said
  But faith and nakedness and maidenhead.
2. (anatomy) The hymen.

Synonyms

• (virginity) maidhood, maidenhood

Related terms

• maidenliness