Virgin

UK: 'virgin', 'Virgin': /ˈvɜːdʒɪn/ US: /ˈvɝdʒɪn/ ,(vûr′jin)

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Virgin / ˈvɜːdʒɪn/ noun

1. the Virgin ⇒
   See Virgin Mary
2. a statue or other artistic representation of the Virgin Mary

Virgin / ˈvɜːdʒɪn/ noun

1. the Virgin ⇒ the constellation Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac

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vir•gin /ˈvɜrdʒɪn/   n. 

[countable]
1. Sex and Gender a person who has not had sexual intercourse.
2. Sex and Gender an unmarried girl or woman.
3. Informal Terms any person who is uninitiated, uninformed, or the like.

adj. [before a noun]

4. Sex and Gender being a virgin.
5. pure;
   untouched;
   not used or made use of:
   the virgin snow; virgin timberlands.

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vir•gin  (vûr′jin), n. 

1. Sex and Gender a person who has never had sexual intercourse.
2. Sex and Gender an unmarried girl or woman.
3. [Eccles.] an unmarried, religious woman, esp. a saint.
4. the Virgin, Mary, the mother of Christ.
5. Informal Terms any person who is uninitiated, uninformed, or the like:
   He's still a virgin as far as hard work is concerned.
6. Zoology a female animal that has never copulated.
7. Insects an unfertilized insect.
8. Astronomy, Astrology (cap.) the constellation or sign of Virgo.

adj. 

9. Sex and Gender being a virgin:
   a virgin martyr.
10. Sex and Gender of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a virgin:
    virgin modesty.
11. pure;
    unsullied;
    undefiled:
    virgin snow.
12. first:
    the senator's virgin speech.
13. without admixture, alloy, or modification:
    virgin gold.
14. not previously exploited, cultivated, tapped, or used:
    virgin timberlands; virgin wool.
15. without experience of;
    not previously exposed to:
    a mind virgin to such sorrows.
16. [Informal.] being a mixed drink resembling a specific cocktail but made without any alcoholic ingredient:
    a virgin piña colada.
17. Zoology not fertilized.
18. Metallurgy (of a metal) made directly from ore by smelting, rather than from scrap.
19. Food noting the oil obtained, as from olives, by the first pressing without the application of heat.

• Latin virgin-, stem of virgō maiden, virgin
• Anglo-French, Old French
• Middle English virgine 1150–1200

Synonyms

• 2. maid, maiden.
• 11. chaste, unpolluted.
• 13. unalloyed, unadulterated.
• 14. fresh, new.

Antonyms

• 11. defiled.
• 13. mixed, adulterated.

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virgin / ˈvɜːdʒɪn/ noun

1. a person who has never had sexual intercourse
2. an unmarried woman who has taken a religious vow of chastity in order to dedicate herself totally to God
3. any female animal that has never mated
4. a female insect that produces offspring by parthenogenesis

adjective (usually prenominal)

1. of, relating to, resembling, suitable for, or characteristic of a virgin or virgins; chaste
2. pure and natural; uncorrupted, unsullied, or untouched: virgin purity
3. not yet cultivated, explored, exploited, etc, by humans: virgin territories
4. being the first or happening for the first time
5. (of a metal) made from an ore rather than from scrap
6. occurring naturally in a pure and uncombined form: virgin silver

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French virgine, from Latin virgō virgin