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| vir·gin [ vúrjin ] |
noun (plural vir·gins) |
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1. somebody who has never had sex: somebody who has never had sexual intercourse
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2. religion religious woman committed to chastity: a woman who has taken a vow of chastity for religious reasons
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3. zoology female animal: a female animal that has never copulated
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4. insects female insect: a female insect that produces fertile eggs without the help of a male
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1. of virgin: relating to or characteristic of a virgin
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2. pure: in a pure, natural, or clean state
  virgin snow
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3. environment not touched by humans: describes a natural area that has never been explored or exploited by humans
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4. occurring for first time: happening or carried out first or for the first time
The freshman senator delivered his virgin speech yesterday.
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5. food from first pressing: describes vegetable oils that come from the first pressing of fruit, leaves, or seeds without the use of heat
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6. metallurgy produced directly from ore: describes metals produced directly from an ore, not from scrap metal
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7. minerals unalloyed: found in a pure unmixed state
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8. physics never having collided: describes a neutron that has never been in a collision and therefore retains the energy with which it started
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9. with no alcohol: nonalcoholic
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| [12th century. Via Old French virgine< Latin virgin-, stem of virgo "maiden"] |
