maidenhead

== English == === Alternative forms === maydenhead (obsolete) === Etymology === From maiden + -head. === Noun === maidenhead (countable and uncountable, plural maidenheads) (literally, countable) The hymen. (metonymic, uncountable) Virginity. Synonyms: maidhood, maidenhood (Can we clean up(+) this sense? (Gower died 1408 and is Middle English)) ==== Related terms ==== maidenliness ==== Translations ====