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noun

Virgin n.

1.

A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.

2.

A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. (Archaic) "These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins." "He his flesh hath overcome; He was a virgin, as he said."

3.

(Astron.) See Virgo.

4.

(Zool.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

5.

(Zool.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

The Virgin, or The Blessed Virgin, the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ.

Virgin's bower (Bot.), a name given to several climbing plants of the genus Clematis, as Clematis Vitalba of Europe, and Clematis Virginiana of North America.

adjective

Virgin adj.

1.

Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush. "Virgin shame." "Innocence and virgin modesty... That would be wooed, and unsought be won."

2.

Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold. "Virgin Dutch." "The white cold virgin snow upon my heart." "A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil."

3.

Not yet pregnant; impregnant.

verb

Virgin v. i. To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; followed by it. See It, 5. (Obs.) "My true lip hath virgined it e'er since (that kiss)."

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Etymology of 'Virgin'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Virgin" Quotes from Famous Books

... act showed how easily the defenceless coast could be ravaged. Many times did he thank the Blessed Virgin that his domain was far away in the inland basin. There his precious herds are ...

— The Little Lady of Lagunitas • Richard Henry Savage

... charming then to see the girls urge one another to dance; each vows with much dramatic gesture that she cannot, calling the Blessed Virgin to witness that she has strained her ankle and has a shocking cold. But some youth springs up and volunteers, inviting a particular damsel to join him. She is pushed forward, and the couple take their places. The man ...

— The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia • William Somerset Maugham

... with light. Masterly as the execution of that picture is (viz. the Boy in a blue dress,) I always feel a never-changing impression on my eye, that the "Blue Boy" of Gainsborough is a difficulty boldly combated, not conquered. The light blue drapery of the Virgin in the centre of the "Notte" is another instance; a check to the harmony of the celestial radiance round it." "Opposed to Sir Thomas's opinion," says Mr Burnet, "I might quote that of Sir David Wilkie, often expressed, and carried out in his picture of the 'Chelsea Pensioners' and other ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII. • Various

... this financial sacrifice of Mr. Flint's (which the unknown new candidate was to make with a cheque) struck neither the Honourable Adam nor the Honourable Hilary. The transaction, if effected, would resemble that of the shrine to the Virgin built by a grateful Marquis of ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... he set forty [60] jars of fine jade and filled them with ancient gold; [61] and within this hall he made a second hall, wherein he placed eight images of precious stones, each wroughten of a single jewel and seated upon a throne of virgin gold. [62] Moreover, he wrote upon a curtain of silk there and I read the writ, whereby I found that he bade me come to thee, saying that thou wouldst acquaint me of the ninth image and where it is, the which, said he, was worth ...

— Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp • John Payne

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