virguncule

English

Etymology

From Latin virguncula, diminutive of virgō (“virgin”).

Noun

virguncule (plural virguncules)

  1. (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.
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