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Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

virgin

Pronunciation:/ˈvɜːdʒɪn//ˈvɝdʒɪn/

noun

Definitions

  1. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.

  2. (early Christian Church) a woman noted for religious piety who has never been married.

  3. One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.

    Example: I've never eaten tofu before – you could say I'm a tofu virgin.

  4. Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

adjective

Definitions

  1. (usually not comparable) In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.

  2. Of a physical object, untouched.

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

    Example: The virgin lands of the Americas were awaiting the Europeans.

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