Virgin
['vɜːdʒɪn] or ['vɝdʒɪn]
Definition
(noun.) a person who has never had sex.
(adj.) being used or worked for the first time; 'virgin wool' .
Checker: Mandy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
(n.) A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence.
(n.) See Virgo.
(n.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
(n.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
(a.) Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush.
(a.) Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold.
(a.) Not yet pregnant; impregnant.
(v. i.) To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Maid, maiden, girl, LASSIE, lass, damsel, miss.
a. [1]. Chaste, pure, undefiled, maidenly.[2]. Fresh, unused, untouched, new.
Editor: Xenia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Maid, maiden, damsel, girl
ANT:Matron, married_woman, strumpet, whore, prostitute, bawd
SYN:Maidenly, undefiled, unpolluted, untouched, fresh
ANT:Unmaidenly, defiled, polluted, ravished, used, cultivated
Checker: Marsha
Definition
n. a maiden: a woman who has had no sexual intercourse with man: one devoted to virginity: a madonna a figure of the Virgin: a person of either sex who has not known sexual intercourse: any female animal that has not copulated: a parthenogenetic insect: (astron.) Virgo one of the signs of the zodiac.—adj. becoming a maiden: maidenly: pure: chaste: undefiled: fresh new: parthenogenetic.—v.i. (Shak.) to continue chaste.—adj. Vir′ginal maidenly: (zool.) parthenogenetic.—n. Virginā′le a book of prayers and hymns to the Virgin Mary.—adj. Vir′gin-born born of the Virgin of Jesus Christ: (zool.) born by internal gemmation without impregnation.—ns. Virgin′ity Vir′ginhood the state of a virgin; Vir′gin-knot (Shak.) maidenly chastity in reference to the unloosing of the girdles of Greek and Roman maidens on marriage.—adj. Vir′ginly pure.—adv. chastely.—ns. Vir′gin's-bow′er a species of clematis hedge-vine; Vir′gin-wor′ship adoration of the Virgin Mary; Vir′go the Virgin in the zodiac.—Virgin birth generation parthenogenesis; Virgin clay in pottery &c. clay which has never been fired.—The Virgin The Blessed Virgin the Virgin Mary the mother of Christ.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a virgin, denotes that you will have comparative luck in your speculations. For a married woman to dream that she is a virgin, foretells that she will suffer remorse over her past, and the future will hold no promise of better things. For a young woman to dream that she is no longer a virgin, foretells that she will run great risk of losing her reputation by being indiscreet with her male friends. For a man to dream of illicit association with a virgin, denotes that he will fail to accomplish an enterprise, and much worry will be caused him by the appeals of people. His aspirations will be foiled through unwarranted associations.
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Examples
- I lived long ago with mama; but she is gone to the Holy Virgin. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There she stands, pointing to a rude image of the Virgin Mary, see if she can avert the fate that awaits thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But, Oh, Sweet Blessed Virgin, bring him back to me from the bridge and I will do anything thou sayest ever. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- One said: Oh, the Virgin's face is full of the ecstasy of a joy that is complete --that leaves nothing more to be desired on earth! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But both had the remote, virgin look of modern girls, sisters of Artemis rather than of Hebe. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- What about my virgin family? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When the Virgin fled from Herod's wrath, she hid in a grotto in Bethlehem, and the same is there to this day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Holy Virgin, answered the Prior, turning up his eyes in horror, a Jewess! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Oh, God and the Virgin, befoul them, each time for firing rolled down the wind, and Robert Jordan climbed down to help Pilar up. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As Lydgate rode away, he thought, This young creature has a heart large enough for the Virgin Mary. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She has dreams of her wild woods and pinings after virgin freedom. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Among the oldest of these settlements was the colony of Virginia, the name of which commemorates Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of England. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And no matter how much we talk about the infusion of the evolutionary point of view into all of modern thought, when the test is made political practice shows itself almost virgin to the idea. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This is some virgin solitude. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He says the Virgin Mary appeared to this saint. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What about Barto's virgins? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They painted Virgins enough, and popes enough and saintly scarecrows enough, to people Paradise, almost, and these things are all they did paint. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I suppose that was why they had to destroy the virgins of their enemies. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A retreat was no place for two virgins. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- This is the second of St. Luke's Virgins we have seen. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As, indeed, how should any of those prim and reputable virgins? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Real virgins. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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