詞源

源自中古英語 、、，源自古英語 。等同於 +‎ 。對比。

名詞

(不可數)

1. 處女，童貞（狀態）
   • 1888, Samuel Rockwell Reed, Offthoughts about Women and Other Things - Page 270:

     Must the coming woman marry to take away the reproach of maidhood? ... But if the coming woman is to have the same fear of keeping her maidhood, she will be as subject to man as now, and equality laws will fail to make her equal.

     將來的女性一定要結婚以擺脫處女的恥辱嗎？...但如果將來的女性和現在一樣，對保持童貞感到恐懼，那麼她們也會和現在一樣服從於男性，平等法也無法使她們真正地平等。