virgin
IPA: vˈɝdʒɪn
noun
- person who has not had sexual intercourse, animal that has never mated
- A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
- (Catholicism, Orthodoxy or historical) Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a saint.
- (informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
- Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
- (entomology) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
- (Christianity) Synonym of Virgin Mary (“Mary, mother of Jesus”).
- The constellation and star sign Virgo.
- (rare) A surname.
- A tributary of the Colorado River in the states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona in the United States.
- A town in Washington County, Utah.
- (Christianity, art) A representation (picture, statue etc.) of Virgin Mary.
adjective
- (usually not comparable) In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
- Of a physical object, untouched.
- Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
- Inexperienced.
- Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
- (usually not comparable) Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.
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