virgin
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or uncommonly an animal that has never mated.
Other meanings
A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all. Virgin. In Oxford English dictionary. Retrieved from https://www-oed-com./view/Entry/223735?rskey=SXSlwu&result=1#eid
Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity
“In its list of saints, the Catholic Church classifies St. Agnes, St. Maria Goretti, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux as virgins.”
Related words
- born-again virgin
- extra virgin
- extra-virgin
- Fulham virgin
- German virgin
- half-virgin
- skin virgin
- virgin cocktail
- sworn virgin
- vestal virgin
- virginal
- virgin birth
Word history
From Latin "virginem".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “virgin” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.