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virgin

A virgin is someone who has never had sex. After you have sex, you've lost your virginity. We can also say an unharvested forest is a virgin forest.

Virgins haven't had sex yet. But this word is also used in a non-sexual sense to describe something that remains pristine, untouched, or uninitiated. A virgin resource hasn't been used yet. If you've never given a speech, someone might call you a "public speaking virgin." So virgin always means inexperienced or unused, whether you're talking about sex or something else.

DEFINITIONS OF: virgin

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n a person who has never had sex

Type of:
inexperienced person, innocent
a person who lacks knowledge of evil

adj in a state of sexual virginity

“a spinster or virgin lady”
Synonyms:
pure, vestal, virginal, virtuous
chaste
morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)

adj being used or worked for the first time

virgin wool”
Synonyms
new
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
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