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born-again virgin

born-again virgin noun: a person who refrains from sexual activity, regardless of any past unchaste behavior.

Noun

born-again virgin (plural born-again virgins)

  1. A person who refrains from sexual activity, regardless of any past unchaste behavior.
    • “I’m a born-again virgin.” Well, at least I got a good laugh out of him. “That’s great. Is that like a born-again Jew? Or born-again Jesus freak?”1981, Amy Schor, Line by Line, →ISBN, page 49
    • Religiously motivated women like Watts believe it’s very possible to become a born-again virgin — if you believe it is so and pledge abstinence until marriage.2013, Brian Alexander, “Born-again virgins claim to rewrite the past”, in NBCNews.com
  2. A woman who undergoes a hymenorrhaphy to restore her hymen.

Forms of born-again virgin

pluralborn-again virgins

Questions about born-again virgin

What does born-again virgin mean?
Born-again virgin means a person who refrains from sexual activity, regardless of any past unchaste behavior.
What part of speech is born-again virgin?
Born-again virgin is a noun.
What is the plural of born-again virgin?
The plural of born-again virgin is born-again virgins.

Words near born-again virgin in the dictionary

  1. born tired
  2. born to the purple
  3. born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
  4. Born's rule
  5. born-again
  6. born-again virgin
  7. born-again virginity
  8. born-again virgins
  9. born-agains
  10. born-alive
  11. born-free

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