virgin
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never…
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.
- On the other hand, the daughter of a clergyman repeatedly performed fellatio instead of genital intercourse so that she could remain a virgin.
- Could I convert virgins to nymphomania? Masturbators to rakehood? Faithful wives to adulteresses? Seducers to ascetics? Very doubtful. But possible.
- As the years went on she became extraordinarily effective at fellatio but, despite the fact that she was Mrs James Baylor, age 32, she was still a virgin.
A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone…
Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a saint.
- In its list of saints, the Catholic Church classifies St. Agnes, St. Maria Goretti, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux as virgins.
- This was the relation of the order of virgins to the Church from the latter part of the fourth to the beginning of the seventh century. The modern “sister” had no exact prototype in the Church of the first seven centuries.
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One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
- I've never eaten tofu before—you could say I'm a tofu virgin.
Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no…
A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
A dedicated fan of "virgincore" bands, e.g., Car Seat Headrest, Radiohead, and Weezer.
A person who plays certain video games that are popularly believed to appeal to virgins,…
A person who plays certain video games that are popularly believed to appeal to virgins, e.g., League of Legends, Paradox Interactive grand strategy games, and World of Warcraft.
A Redditor.
A person who wears certain items of clothing that are popularly considered to be…
A person who wears certain items of clothing that are popularly considered to be unfashionable, e.g., Crocs and fedoras.
In a state of virginity
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.
- From their embraces was born the handsome Actaeon, a naive boy, who had less excuse than other men, given that he was her son, for believing her to be a virgin. It's true that he was even more virgin than his mother.
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
- virgin forest
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
Synonym of Virgin Mary (“Mary, mother of Jesus”).
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 […].
- The lion is coming, leaping forth, his foot over the head of the serpent Hydra. The virgin holds in one hand a palm-branch, in the other an ear of corn.
A surname.
A tributary of the Colorado River in the states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona in the…
A tributary of the Colorado River in the states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona in the United States.
A town in Washington County, Utah.
A representation (picture, statue etc.) of Virgin Mary.
The neighborhood
- synonymmaid
- synonymunicorn bait
- synonymvirgin
- antonymcopulator
- antonymlibertine
- neighborcelibate
- neighborvirginal
- neighborperson
- neighborFemale virgin
- neighbormaiden
- neighborpucelle
- neighborvestal
- neighborvirgo intacta
- neighborMale virgin
- neighborcherry boy
- neighborcherry prick
Derived
born-again virgin, extra virgin, extra-virgin, Fulham virgin, German virgin, half-virgin, skin virgin, sworn virgin, vestal virgin, virginal, virgin birth, virgin-born, virgin cocktail, virgin field, virgin forest, virgin honey, Virgin Islands, virginity, Virgin Mary, virgin of the sun, virgin oil, virgin olive oil, virgin parchment, virgin soil, virgin soil epidemic, virgin sulfur, virgin sulphur, virgin territory, virgin timber, virgin vault, virgin wool
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at virgin. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at virgin. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at virgin
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA