virguncule
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin virguncula, diminutive of virgō (“virgin”).
Noun edit
virguncule (plural virguncules)
- (rare) A young virgin.
- 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- There are the virguncules of Somerville and Lady Margaret's Hall; but beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied.
- 1930, Christopher Morley, Rudolph and Amina, page 78:
- To the regret of the assembled virguncules he broke in upon her.