Virgin

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Not yet pregnant; impregnant.

II. Virgin ·noun ·see Virgo.

III. Virgin ·noun A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.

IV. Virgin ·noun A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence.

V. Virgin ·adj Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold.

VI. Virgin ·vi To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste;

— followed by it. ·see It, 5.

VII. Virgin ·noun Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

VIII. Virgin ·adj Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush.

IX. Virgin ·noun A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

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