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vir⋅gin

  [vur-jin]
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–noun
1. a person who has never had sexual intercourse.
2. an unmarried girl or woman.
3. Ecclesiastical. an unmarried, religious woman, esp. a saint.
4. the Virgin, Mary, the mother of Christ.
5. Informal. any person who is uninitiated, uninformed, or the like: He's still a virgin as far as hard work is concerned.
6. a female animal that has never copulated.
7. an unfertilized insect.
8. (initial capital letter) Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Virgo.
–adjective
9. being a virgin: a virgin martyr.
10. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a virgin: virgin modesty.
11. pure; unsullied; undefiled: virgin snow.
12. first: the senator's virgin speech.
13. without admixture, alloy, or modification: virgin gold.
14. not previously exploited, cultivated, tapped, or used: virgin timberlands; virgin wool.
15. without experience of; not previously exposed to: a mind virgin to such sorrows.
16. Informal. being a mixed drink resembling a specific cocktail but made without any alcoholic ingredient: a virgin piña colada.
17. Zoology. not fertilized.
18. (of a metal) made directly from ore by smelting, rather than from scrap.
19. noting the oil obtained, as from olives, by the first pressing without the application of heat.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME virgine < AF, OF < L virgin-, s. of virgō maiden, virgin

Synonyms:
2. maid, maiden. 11. chaste, unpolluted. 13. unalloyed, unadulterated. 14. fresh, new.

Antonyms:
11. defiled. 13. mixed, adulterated.
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Virgin River

 
–noun
a river in SW Utah, NW Arizona, and SE Nevada, flowing SW and S to the Colorado River at Lake Mead. 200 mi. (322 km) long.
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vir·gin   (vûr'jĭn)   
n.  

  1. A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.

  2. A chaste or unmarried woman; a maiden.

  3. An unmarried woman who has taken religious vows of chastity.

  4. Virgin The Virgin Mary.

  5. Zoology A female insect or other arthropod that produces fertile eggs without copulating.

adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or being a virgin; chaste.

  2. Being in a pure or natural state; unsullied: virgin snow.

  3. Unused, uncultivated, or unexplored: virgin territory.

  4. Existing in native or raw form; not processed or refined.

  5. Happening for the first time; initial.

  6. Obtained directly from the first pressing: virgin olive oil.

  7. Zoology Producing fertile eggs without copulating.


[Middle English, from Old French virgine, from Latin virgō, virgin-.]
Virgin  
n.  See Virgo.
Vir·go   (vûr'gō)   
n.   In all senses also called Virgin.

  1. A constellation in the region of the celestial equator between Leo and Libra.

    1. The sixth sign of the zodiac in astrology.

    2. pl. Vir·gos One who is born under this sign.


[Middle English, from Latin Virgō, from virgō, virgin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

virgin  (n.)
c.1200, "unmarried or chaste woman noted for religious piety and having a position of reverence in the Church," from O.Fr. virgine, from L. virginem (nom. virgo) "maiden, unwedded girl or woman," also an adj., "fresh, unused," probably related to virga "young shoot." For sense evolution, cf. Gk. talis "a marriageable girl," cognate with L. talea "rod, stick, bar." Meaning "young woman in a state of inviolate chastity" is recorded from c.1310. Also applied since c.1330 to a chaste man. Meaning "naive or inexperienced person" is attested from 1953. The adj. is recorded from 1560 in the lit. sense; fig. sense of "pure, untainted" is attested from c.1300. Virginity is attested from c.1303, from O.Fr. virginite, from L. virginitatem (nom. virginitas), from virgo.
Distraught pretty girl: "I've lost my virginity!"
Benny Hill: "Do you still have the box it came in?"
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1vir·gin
Pronunciation: 'v&r-j&n
Function: noun
: one who has not had sexual intercourse

Main Entry: 2virgin
Function: adjective
: not affected or altered by previous use or exposure (as to an antigen) <virgin B cells>
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Medical Dictionary

virgin vir·gin (vûr'jĭn)
n.
A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.

vir'gin·al (-jə-nəl) adj.

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Computing Dictionary

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.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-11-30)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Bible Dictionary

Virgin

In a prophecy concerning our Lord, Isaiah (7:14) says, "A virgin [R.V. marg., 'the virgin'] shall conceive, and bear a son" (comp. Luke 1:31-35). The people of the land of Zidon are thus referred to by Isaiah (23:12), "O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon;" and of the people of Israel, Jeremiah (18:13) says, "The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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