semivirgin

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ virgin

Adjective

semivirgin (not comparable)

1. Almost pristine or untouched.
   • 2010, Alex Marshall, How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken:

     Portland is doing something unprecedented here, extending tracks into virgin or semivirgin land. It's much as New York extended the subway and elevated train lines into Queens and Brooklyn in the early part of this century.

   • 2012, Francis Saa-Gandi, The Life of a Village Child: An Autobiography of a Medical Doctor:

     The calm-looking River Jong and the semi-virgin forests surrounding the school were next to be explored.

2. (colloquial) Almost a pure virgin; having had a sexual experience but not actual sexual intercourse.