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Virgin : adj
1: being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool"
2: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty";
"a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their
women must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virginal,
virtuous]
(noun)
1: a person who has never had sex
2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
[syn: Virgo, Virgin]
3: the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about August 23 to September 22 [syn: Virgo, Virgo the
Virgin, Virgin]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Virgin : \Vir"gin\, a.
1. Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin;
becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty;
as, a virgin blush. ``Virgin shame.'' --Cowley.
Innocence and virgin modesty . . . That would be
wooed, and unsought be won. --Milton.
2. Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil;
virgin gold. ``Virgin Dutch.'' --G. W. Cable.
The white cold virgin snow upon my heart. --Shak.
A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil.
--Landor.
3. Not yet pregnant; impregnant. --Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Virgin : \Vir"gin\, n. [L. virgo, -inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene,
virge, vierge, F. vierge.]
1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual
indulgence. [Archaic] --Wyclif.
These are they which were not defiled with women;
for they are virgins. --Rev. xiv. 4.
He his flesh hath overcome; He was a virgin, as he
said. --Gower.
3. (Astron.) See Virgo.
4. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged
butterflies of the family Lyc[ae]nid[ae].
5. (Zo["o]l.) A female insect producing eggs from which young
are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a
male; a parthenogenetic insect.
The Virgin, or The Blessed Virgin, the Virgin Mary, the
Mother of our Lord.
Virgin's bower (Bot.), a name given to several climbing
plants of the genus Clematis, as C. Vitalba of Europe,
and C. Virginiana of North America.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Virgin : \Vir"gin\, v. i.
To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it.
See It, 5. [Obs.] ``My true lip hath virgined it e'er since
[that kiss].'' --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Virgin :
Unused; pristine; in a known initial state. "Let's bring up a
virgin system and see if it crashes again." (Especially
useful after contracting a virus through SEX.) Also, by
extension, buffers and the like within a program that have not
yet been used.
[{Jargon File]
(1994-11-30)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Virgin, UT (town, FIPS 80530)
Location: 37.20083 N, 113.19852 W
Population (1990): 229 (82 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Virgin : adj. Unused; pristine; in a known initial state. "Let's bring up
a virgin system and see if it crashes again." (Esp. useful after
contracting a virus through SEX.) Also, by extension, buffers and
the like within a program that have not yet been used.
Based on Jargon File : [Hackers_Dictionary]:
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Virgin : In a prophecy concerning our Lord, Isaiah (7:14) says, "A virgin
[R.V. marg., 'the virgin'] shall conceive, and bear a son"
(comp. Luke 1:31-35). The people of the land of Zidon are thus
referred to by Isaiah (23:12), "O thou oppressed virgin,
daughter of Zidon;" and of the people of Israel, Jeremiah
(18:13) says, "The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible
thing."
Based on Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [Hackers_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Virgin |
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sexylibra21: @youngPaynt naw thats too young i was still a Virgin at age 15 kids are just big ass #floozies these days |
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ayo_blacksz: @Ya_Gyal_Pebbles its the truth do I look like I'm some none Virgin I'm mad innocent =] |
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dupalt: A hillbilly girl wrote: Dear Abby, I am 19 years old and still a Virgin!
Do you think my brothers are gay? |
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