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virgin.

A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɝd͡ʒɪn/General-American/ˈvøːd͡ʒɪn/New-Zealand, Wales/ˈvɪɾd͡ʒɪn/Scotland
  1. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.

  2. A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.

  3. 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.

    In its list of saints, the Catholic Church classifies St. Agnes, St. Maria Goretti, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux as virgins.
  4. One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.

    informal
    I've never eaten tofu before—you could say I'm a tofu virgin.
  5. Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

  6. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne.

adj/ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɝd͡ʒɪn/General-American/ˈvøːd͡ʒɪn/New-Zealand, Wales/ˈvɪɾd͡ʒɪn/Scotland
  1. In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.

    not-comparable · usually
  2. Of a physical object, untouched.

  3. Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.

    virgin prairie
    virgin ecosystem
  4. Inexperienced.

  5. Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.

  6. Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.

    not-comparable · usually
    a virgin daiquiri
Where this word comes from

From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne.

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