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virgin

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Synonyms: virgil, virgen, virgie, virgi

Antonyms: virgil, virgen, virgie, virgi

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Noun

  1. A person who has never had [[sexual intercourse]], or {{q|uncommonly}} an animal that has never [[mated]].
  2. A person who has never engaged in any [[sexual]] activity at all. {{defdate|from mid-14th c.}}<ref>Virgin. In Oxford English dictionary. Retrieved from https://www-oed-com./view/Entry/223735?rskey=SXSlwu&result=1#eid</ref>
  3. {{lb|en|Catholicism|Orthodoxy|or|historical}} Someone [[vow]]ed to [[virginity]] (usually a woman and often a [[consecrated virgin]]), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; {{q|especially}} one [[venerate]]d as a saint. {{defdate|from early 13th c.}}<ref>Virgin. In Oxford English dictionary. Retrieved from https://www-oed-com./view/Entry/223735?rskey=SXSlwu&result=1#eid</ref>
  4. {{lb|en|informal}} One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
  5. Any of several species of [[gossamer-winged butterfly|gossamer-winged butterflies]] of the family {{taxfmt|Lycaenidae|family}}.
  6. {{lb|en|entomology}} A [[female]] [[insect]] producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no [[fecundation]] by a male; a [[parthenogenetic]] insect.

Adjective

  1. {{lb|en|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.
  4. [[inexperienced|Inexperienced]].
  5. Of [[olive oil]], obtained by [[mechanical]] means, so that the oil is not altered.
  6. {{lb|en|usually|not comparable}} Of [[mixed drinks]], not containing [[alcohol]].

Proper noun

  1. {{lb|en|Christianity}} {{synonym of|en|Virgin Mary|t=[[Mary]], [[mother]] of [[Jesus]]}}.
  2. {{lb|en|astronomy|astrology}} The [[constellation]] and [[zodiacal]] [[sign]] [[Virgo]].
  3. {{lb|en|rare}} {{surname|en}}.
  4. {{place|en|A <<tributary>> of the <<river/Colorado>> River in the states of <<state/Utah>>, <<state/Nevada>>{{,}} and <<state/Arizona>> in the <<c/US>>}}.
  5. {{place|en|town|county/Washington County|s/Utah}}.

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