virgin

[ vur-jin ]

/ ˈvɜr dʒɪn /

noun

a person who has never had sexual intercourse.

an unmarried girl or woman.

Ecclesiastical. an unmarried, religious woman, especially a saint.

the Virgin, Mary, the mother of Christ.

Informal. any person who is uninitiated, uninformed, or the like: He's still a virgin as far as hard work is concerned.

a female animal that has never copulated.

an unfertilized insect.

(initial capital letter) Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Virgo.

adjective

being a virgin: a virgin martyr.

of, relating to, or characteristic of a virgin: virgin modesty.

pure; unsullied; undefiled: virgin snow.

first: the senator's virgin speech.

without admixture, alloy, or modification: virgin gold.

not previously exploited, cultivated, tapped, or used: virgin timberlands; virgin wool.

without experience of; not previously exposed to: a mind virgin to such sorrows.

Informal. being a mixed drink resembling a specific cocktail but made without any alcoholic ingredient: a virgin piña colada.

Zoology. not fertilized.

(of a metal) made directly from ore by smelting, rather than from scrap.

noting the oil obtained, as from olives, by the first pressing without the application of heat.

Origin of virgin

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

SYNONYMS FOR virgin

2 maid, maiden.

11 chaste, unpolluted.

13 unalloyed, unadulterated.

14 fresh, new.

ANTONYMS FOR virgin

11 defiled.

13 mixed, adulterated.

OTHER WORDS FROM virgin

un·vir·gin, adjective

Words nearby virgin

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virgin

/ (ˈvɜːdʒɪn) /

noun

a person, esp a woman, who has never had sexual intercourse

an unmarried woman who has taken a religious vow of chastity in order to dedicate herself totally to God

any female animal that has never mated

a female insect that produces offspring by parthenogenesis

a person who is new to or inexperienced in a specified field a political virgin

adjective (usually prenominal)

of, relating to, resembling, suitable for, or characteristic of a virgin or virgins; chaste

pure and natural, uncorrupted, unsullied, or untouched virgin purity

not yet cultivated, explored, exploited, etc, by man virgin territories

being the first or happening for the first time

(of vegetable oils) obtained directly by the first pressing of fruits, leaves, or seeds of plants without applying heat

(of a metal) made from an ore rather than from scrap

occurring naturally in a pure and uncombined form virgin silver

physics (of a neutron) not having experienced a collision

Word Origin for virgin

C13: from Old French virgine, from Latin virgō virgin

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Virgin ¹

/ (ˈvɜːdʒɪn) /

noun

the Virgin See Virgin Mary

a statue or other artistic representation of the Virgin Mary

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Virgin ²

/ (ˈvɜːdʒɪn) /

noun

the Virgin the constellation Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac

Medical definitions for un-virgin

virgin

[ vûr′jĭn ]

n.

A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.

Other words from virgin

vir′gin•al (-jə-nəl) adj.

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