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[ vur-jin ] / ˈvɜr dʒɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR virgin ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna 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. adjectivebeing 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 virgin1150–1200; Middle English virgine<Anglo-French, Old French <Latin virgin-, stem of virgō maiden, virgin SYNONYMS FOR virgin2 maid, maiden. 11 chaste, unpolluted. 13 unalloyed, unadulterated. 14 fresh, new. SEE SYNONYMS FOR virgin ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR virgin11 defiled. 13 mixed, adulterated. SEE ANTONYMS FOR virgin ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM virginun·vir·gin, adjectiveWords nearby virginVirg., virga, virgate, Virgil, Virgilian, virgin, virginal, virgin birth, virgin forest, Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for virginIn the 1950s and 1960s, only a quarter of men and less than half of women were virgins at age 19. Why Sex Is No Longer a Teen Commodity|Joshua Eferighe|September 21, 2020|Ozy Investment in new technologies goes up, but investment in virgin production and conversion are sharply reduced. Big Oil’s hopes are pinned on plastics. It won’t end well.|David Roberts|September 4, 2020|Vox The virgin birth is mentioned in the...what...gasp...Koran?! Why Muslims Love Jesus Too|Dean Obeidallah|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST And Pope Alexander VI had the painter Pinturicchio disguise his mistress as the Virgin Mary in one fresco. Great Renaissance Art Thrived Amid Filth|Nick Romeo|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Are we going to see you on a Virgin Galactic or SpaceX flight in the future? Christopher Nolan Uncut: On ‘Interstellar,’ Ben Affleck’s Batman, and the Future of Mankind|Marlow Stern|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST It has now been revealed that Princess Beatrice will not be among those who will ultimately voyage with Virgin Galactic. Princess Beatrice Gives Up Her Virgin Galactic Dream|Tom Sykes|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her long-term boyfriend Dave Clark is head of ‘astronaut relations’ for Virgin Galactic. Princess Beatrice Gives Up Her Virgin Galactic Dream|Tom Sykes|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Well did he owe it to this Virgin for having saved him from his last goring. The Blood of the Arena|Vicente Blasco Ibez Perceiving delicious danger in the virgin's face, James continued before she could retort, "I hope Susan wasn't gored?" Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)|Arnold Bennett It taught the infallibility of the Pope, and the divinity of the Virgin Mary. The Bible Of Bibles;|Kersey Graves An image of the Virgin was washed ashore, to be the protectress of his chapel. The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen Against the door, in a niche, was a figure of the Virgin in stone. Cumner & South Sea Folk, Complete|Gilbert Parker
British Dictionary definitions for virgin (1 of 3)
nouna 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 fielda 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 untouchedvirgin purity not yet cultivated, explored, exploited, etc, by manvirgin 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 formvirgin silver physics (of a neutron) not having experienced a collision Word Origin for virginC13: from Old French virgine, from Latin virgō virgin British Dictionary definitions for virgin (2 of 3)
nounthe Virgin See Virgin Mary a statue or other artistic representation of the Virgin Mary British Dictionary definitions for virgin (3 of 3)
nounthe Virgin the constellation Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to virginvirginal, stainless, vestal, celibate, maiden, chaste, pure, unsullied, vestal virgin Medical definitions for virgin
n.A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse. Other words from virginvir′gin•al (-jə-nəl) adj.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |