virgin

Meaning

Noun

1. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.
2. A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
3. 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.
4. (informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
5. Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
6. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

Adj

1. (not-comparable, usually) In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
2. Of a physical object, untouched.
3. Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
4. Inexperienced.
5. Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
6. (not-comparable, usually) Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.

Synonyms

maiden

maid

pure

girl

👧

virginal

chaste

vestal

maidenly

raw

untainted

new

🆕

daughter

damsel

bachelor

immaculate

virginity

virtuous

spinster

young girl

natural

celibate

prime

nun

primitive

single

small

spotless

stainless

unbleached

uncooked

uncultivated

uncut

undiluted

undressed

unmarried

unspotted

untamed

untouched

unwed

Virgo

♍

young lady

young woman

youthful

chaste woman

innocent young woman

maiden pure in heart

children

unmarried girl

mother of our lord

mother of god

Translations

vierge

Jungfrau

virgen

vergine

virgem

verge

maagd

virgo

παρθένα

maagdelijk

doncella

pucelle

donzella

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɝd͡ʒɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: virgine

In summary

From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne.