hymen

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun (Greek mythology) the god of marriage
noun a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin

From Middle French hymen, from Late Latin hymēn, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin; membrane”).

O Hymen Hymenaeus io, O Hymen Hymenaeus! — The Satyricon — Complete, Petronius Arbiter
Hymen is truly no acquaintance of thine. — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor
O Hymen, long their coupled joys maintain. — The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Philip Sidney

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