virgin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who has never had sex
  2. noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
    Virgo.
  3. noun the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22
    Virgo; Virgo the Virgin.
  4. adjective satellite being used or worked for the first time
    • virgin wool
  5. adjective satellite in a state of sexual virginity
    virginal; vestal; pure; virtuous.
    • pure and vestal modesty
    • a spinster or virgin lady
    • men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal

WordNet

Vir"gin noun
Etymology
L. virgo, -inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene, virge, vierge, F. vierge.
Definitions
  1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
  2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. Archaic Wyclif.
    These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. Rev. xiv. 4.
    He his flesh hath overcome; He was a virgin, as he said. Gower.
  3. (Astron.) See Virgo.
  4. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycænidæ.
  5. (Zoöl.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
Vir"gin adjective
Definitions
  1. Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush. "Virgin shame." Cowley.
    Innocence and virgin modesty . . . That would be wooed, and unsought be won. Milton.
  2. Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold. "Virgin Dutch." G. W. Cable.
    The white cold virgin snow upon my heart. Shak.
    A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil. Landor.
  3. Not yet pregnant; impregnant. Milton.
Vir"gin intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5. Obs. "My true lip hath virgined it e'er since [that kiss]." Shak.

Webster 1913