virgin

noun

1. 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.”

   “among students we studied , 60 % of the virgin females had had oral sex experience”

   “A girl is a virgin until she experience penis-inside-vagina intercourse”

2. A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
3. 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.”

   “The list of saints' days and festivals includes a number of the Romish holidays, properly so called, viz.: Lucian, priest and martyr, Jan. 8 ; Hilary, bishop and confessor, Jan. 13 ; Prisca, virgin and martyr, Jan. 18 ; Fabian, bishop and martyr, Jan. 20 ; Agnes, virgin and martyr, Jan. 21 […]”

   “It is evident that those from the priesthood are chiefly taken from the order of virgins, or if not from virgins, at least from monks; or if not from the order of monks, then they are wont to be made priests who keep themselves from their wives […].”

   “It ought to have become apparent, however, that the well-established order of widows was the model for the newly developing order of virgins. Both orders earned their legitimization from the way of life adopted by their members […]”

4. (informal)One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.

   “I've never eaten tofu before—you could say I'm a tofu virgin.”

5. Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
6. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
7. (slang)A dedicated fan of "virgincore" bands, e.g., Car Seat Headrest, Radiohead, and Weezer.
8. (derogatory, slang)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.
9. (derogatory, slang)A Redditor.
10. (derogatory, slang)A person who wears certain items of clothing that are popularly considered to be unfashionable, e.g., Crocs and fedoras.
11. A representation (picture, statue etc.) of Virgin Mary.

    “Of the forty-five floats presenting Virgins alone, two are preeminent and the subject of such veneration that even the most casual observer must reflect on the fact that Holy Week, which commemorates Christ's passion and death, has become in Spain a celebration in which he plays a secondary role, with his mother becoming the central figure.”

adj

1. (not-comparable, usually)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.”

   “Helvidius […] took the plain meaning of scripture to say that Jesus patently had brothers and sisters, so therefore his mother, Mary, had enjoyed a normal family life rather than remaining perpetually virgin.”

2. 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.”

3. Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.

   “virgin prairie”

   “virgin ecosystem”

   “virgin forest”

   “virgin clay”

   “The virgin lands of the Americas were awaiting the Europeans.”

4. Inexperienced.

   “The woman shook dangerously, an obvious virgin gunhandler.”

5. 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.”

6. (not-comparable, usually)Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.

   “a virgin daiquiri”

name

1. Synonym of Virgin Mary (“Mary, mother of Jesus”).

   “'Behold,' said he, showing the picture of the Virgin, 'Behold her who protects us. Fear nothing : we shall reach Chang-hai, and we shall see our bishop.' He spoke truth : shortly they descried a Chinese junk. The master of it, on the promise of a good round sum, undertook to guide them to their destination.”

2. 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.”

   “At the moment then when Sirius, the star from the East, by coming to the Meridian at midnight signalled the Sun's new birth, the Virgin was seen just rising on the Eastern sky - the horizon line passing through her centre.”

   “While there are plenty of men among our constellations, there are only three women; but the Virgin makes up for this imbalance by being the second largest constellation and embodying the oldest of deities - the Earth Mother.”

3. (rare)A surname.
4. A tributary of the Colorado River in the states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona in the United States.
5. A town in Washington County, Utah.