virgin

English

/ˈvɝdʒɪn/, /ˈvɜːdʒɪn/

noun
Definitions
  • A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
  • (early Christian Church) a woman noted for religious piety who has never been married.
  • (informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
  • Any of several species of gossamer-winged gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
  • A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French virgine derived from Latin virginem.

Origin

Latin

virginem

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