The difference between Maiden and Virgo intacta
When used as nouns, maiden means a girl or an unmarried young woman, whereas virgo intacta means a girl or woman whose hymen remains unbroken.
Maiden is also adjective with the meaning: virgin.
check bellow for the other definitions of Maiden and Virgo intacta
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Maiden as a noun (now, _, chiefly, _, literary):
A girl or an unmarried young woman.
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Maiden as a noun:
A female virgin.
Examples:
"She's unmarried and still a maiden."
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Maiden as a noun (obsolete, dialectal):
A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
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Maiden as a noun:
A maidservant.
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Maiden as a noun:
A clothes maiden.
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Maiden as a noun (now, _, rare):
An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
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Maiden as a noun (horse racing):
A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".
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Maiden as a noun (historical):
A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
Examples:
"rfquotek Wharton"
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Maiden as a noun (cricket):
A maiden over.
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Maiden as a noun (obsolete):
A machine for washing linen.
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Maiden as a noun (Wicca):
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Maiden as an adjective:
Virgin.
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Maiden as an adjective (of a female, human or animal):
Without offspring.
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Maiden as an adjective:
Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
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Maiden as an adjective (figuratively):
Being a first occurrence or event.
Examples:
"The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage''."
"After Edmund Burke's maiden speech, William Pitt the Elder said Burke had "spoken in such a manner as to stop the mouths of all Europe" and that the Commons should congratulate itself on acquiring such a member."
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Maiden as an adjective (cricket):
Being an over in which no runs are scored.
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Maiden as an adjective:
Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
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Maiden as an adjective (of a fortress):
Never having been captured or violated.
Examples:
"rfquotek T. Warton"
"rfquotek Macaulay"
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Maiden as an adjective (of a tree):
Grown from seed and never pruned
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Virgo intacta as a noun (medicine):
A girl or woman whose hymen remains unbroken.
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Virgo intacta as a noun:
A woman who has never had sexual intercourse.