Undeflowered

ppl. a. (UN-¹ 8.)

  (a)  a. 1533.  Ld. Berners, Gold. Bk. M. Aurel., ii. (1535), 101 b. They leaue no cattayle vnslayne, no gardeyne vnrobbed, no wyld beest vnchased, nor no mayde vndefloured.

1602.  Dekker, Satirom., Wks. 1873, I. 225. A charme, that shall lay downe the spirit of lust, and keep the undeflowerd.

1641.  Earl Monm., trans. Biondi’s Civil Wars, II. 83. No maidenhood was undeflowred, nor marriage bed unviolated.

  (b)  1641.  Milton, Reform., II. Wks. 1851, III. 65. Much more may a King injoy his rights, and Prerogatives undeflowr’d, untouch’d.

1678.  Cudworth, Intell. Syst., I. v. 728. The Atomick Philosophy [has been] restored, as it was in its first genuine and virgin state, undeflowred as yet by Atheists.

1746.  Young, Nt. Th., IX. 1210. Minds elevate … alone obtain Full relish of existence un-deflower’d.

a. 1861.  D. Gray, Poet. Wks. (1874), 23. He feels As one newborn to being undeflowered.