Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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virgo | Latin (lat) | (by extension) a young woman, girl. (by extension, Ecclesiastical, of the Church Fathers) a male virgin. (by extension, of things) an adjectival appellative for unwedded, pure, unused. A maid, maiden, virgin, sexually intact woman (compare puella). |
virgene | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Virgin (on who has not had sexual intercourse) Virgin (not having had sexual intercourse). |
virgin | English (en) | (informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.. Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family [...] |