virgin
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or an animal that has never mated.
- A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
- 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.
- (informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
- Any of several species of 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.
Concepten
Synoniemen
young girl
young woman
chaste woman
innocent young woman
maiden pure in heart
unmarried girl
mother of our lord
mother of god
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈvɝd͡ʒɪn/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne.
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