virguncule

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, p. 78:

     To the regret of the assembled virguncules he broke in upon her.