n.
- a person, typically a woman, who has never had sexual intercourse.
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(the Virgin)
the Virgin Mary.
- a person who is naive or inexperienced in a particular context:
a political virgin.
- Entomology a female insect that produces eggs without being fertilized.
adj.
- being or appropriate for a virgin.
- not yet used, exploited, or processed:
acres of virgin forest.
▸(of olive oil) obtained from the first pressing of olives.
▸(of wool) not yet, or only once, spun or woven.
▸(of metal) made from ore by smelting.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. virgine, from L. virgo, virgin-.