virgin
See also: Virgin
Englisch
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒɪn
Nomen
virgin (plural virgins)
- A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
- (informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
- I've never eaten tofu before – you could say I'm a tofu virgin.
- Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Synonyms
- (person who has never had sexual intercourse): maiden (dated; used of a woman only), unicorn bait (slang, jocular), virgo intacta (medical term; used of a woman only), vestal
Translations
person who has never had sexual intercourse
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Adjective
virgin (comparative more virgin, superlative most virgin)
- (usually not comparable) In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Innocence and virgin modesty […] / That would be wooed, and unsought be won.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, page 294:
- He was now about twenty-three years old, and, though still virgin, the sex instinct that Miriam had over refined for so long now grew particularly strong.
- 1988, Hubert Monteilhet, Neropolis:
- From their embraces was born the handsome Actaeon, a naive boy, who had less excuse than other men, given that he was her son, for believing her to be a virgin. It's true that he was even more virgin than his mother.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 314:
- Helvidius […] took the plain meaning of scripture to say that Jesus patently had brothers and sisters, so therefore his mother, Mary, had enjoyed a normal family life rather than remaining perpetually virgin.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Of a physical object, untouched.
- c1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 4 Scene 1.
- The white cold virgin snow upon my heart / Abates the ardour of my liver.
- 1932, Dorothy L Sayers, Have his Carcase, Chapter 1.
- There is something about virgin sand which arouses all the worst instincts of the detective-story writer. One feels an irresisitible impulse to go and make footprints all over it.
- c1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 4 Scene 1.
- Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
- virgin prairie, a virgin ecosystem, virgin forest
- virgin clay, i.e. clay that has never been fired
- The virgin lands of the Americas were awaiting the Europeans.
- 1650, Edward Williams, Virginia: More Especially the South Part Thereof:
- The same bounty of Summer, the same milde remission of Winter, with a more virgin and unexhausted soyle being materiall arguments to shew that modesty and truth receive no diminution by the comparison.
- Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
- 2013, Cheryl Forberg, Cooking with Quinoa For Dummies, page 62:
- Wondering how some oil is somehow more virgin than regular virgin olive oil can be a real head-scratcher.
- 2013, Cheryl Forberg, Cooking with Quinoa For Dummies, page 62:
- (usually not comparable) Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.
- a virgin daiquiri
Synonyms
Translations
of a person, in a state of virginity
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of an object, untouched
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of olive oil
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Derived terms
Anagrams
Romanian
Alternative forms
- vergin (popular, dated)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin virgō, virginem. Compare the doublet vergură.
Pronunciation
Adjective
virgin m or n (feminine singular virgină, masculine plural virgini, feminine and neuter plural virgine)
- virgin, that which has not had sexual intercourse, chaste, maiden, virginal
- untouched, clean, stainless, immaculate, pure
Declension
Declension of virgin
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | virgin | virgină | virgini | virgine | ||
definite | virginul | virgina | virginii | virginele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | virgin | virgine | virgini | virgine | ||
definite | virginului | virginei | virginilor | virginelor |
Synonyms
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