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. | |||||||
3. | (Astron.) See Virgo. | |||||||
4. | (Zool.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family | |||||||
5. | (Zool.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
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a. | 1. | Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; | ||||||
2. | Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; | |||||||
3. | Not yet pregnant; impregnant. | |||||||
v. i. | 1. | To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; - followed by it. See It, 5. |
Noun | 1. | virgin - a person who has never had sex |
2. | Virgin - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo Synonyms: Virgo | |
3. | Virgin - the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22 Synonyms: Virgo the Virgin, Virgo | |
Adj. | 1. | virgin - being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool" |
2. | virgin - in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" |
virgin - Unused; pristine; in a known initial state. "Let's bring up a virgin system and see if it crashes again." (Especially useful after contracting a virus through SEX.) Also, by extension, buffers and the like within a program that have not yet been used. |