Virgin /(?)/
Vir·gin
Virgin
n.
- A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
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A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. [Archaic]
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.
He his flesh hath overcome; He was a virgin, as he said.
- See Virgo. (Astron.)
- Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. (Zool.)
- A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- The Virgin
- the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ.
- Virgin's bower
- a name given to several climbing plants of the genus Clematis, as Clematis Vitalba of Europe, and Clematis Virginiana of North America.
Virgin
a.
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Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush.
Innocence and virgin modesty . . . That would be wooed, and unsought be won.
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Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold.
The white cold virgin snow upon my heart.
A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil.
- Not yet pregnant; impregnant.
Virgin
v. i.
- To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5. [Obs.]