virgin
adjective
- brand new
- person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse
noun
- person without experience of sexual intercourse
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/ / /ˈvɝd͡ʒɪn/ / /ˈvøːd͡ʒɪn/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne.
- In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
“Innocence and virgin Modestie […] / That would be woo’d, and not unsought be won”
“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.”
- Of a physical object, untouched.
“The white cold virgin snow upon my heart / Abates the ardour of my liver.”
“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.”
- Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
“virgin prairie”
“virgin ecosystem”
- Inexperienced.
“The woman shook dangerously, an obvious virgin gunhandler.”
- Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
“Wondering how some oil is somehow more virgin than regular virgin olive oil can be a real head-scratcher.”
- Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.
“a virgin daiquiri”
name
Etymology: From virgin, q.v. The sense of Mary, mother of Jesus, comes from the Christian belief in Jesus's virgin birth and Mary's freedom from sin. The river sense derives from the name of Thomas Virgin, a member of the first American party to see the river, led by Jedediah Smith in 1826. The town sense derives from the name of the river, along which it is located.
- Synonym of Virgin Mary (“Mary, mother of Jesus”).
“'Behold,' said he, showing the picture of the Virgin, 'Behold her who protects us. Fear nothing : we shall reach Chang-hai, and we shall see our bishop.' He spoke truth : shortly they descried a Chinese junk. The master of it, on the promise of a good round sum, undertook to guide them to their destination.”
- The constellation and zodiacal sign Virgo.
“In Autumpne, whan the sonne in vyrgyne / By radyante hete enryped hath our corne […]”
“When the bright Virgin gives the beauteous Days, / And Libra weighs in equal Scales the Year […].”
- A surname.
- A tributary of the Colorado River in the states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona in the United States.
- A town in Washington County, Utah.
noun
Etymology: From virgin, q.v. The sense of Mary, mother of Jesus, comes from the Christian belief in Jesus's virgin birth and Mary's freedom from sin. The river sense derives from the name of Thomas Virgin, a member of the first American party to see the river, led by Jedediah Smith in 1826. The town sense derives from the name of the river, along which it is located.
- A representation (picture, statue etc.) of Virgin Mary.
“Of the forty-five floats presenting Virgins alone, two are preeminent and the subject of such veneration that even the most casual observer must reflect on the fact that Holy Week, which commemorates Christ's passion and death, has become in Spain a celebration in which he plays a secondary role, with his mother becoming the central figure.”