From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
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]
n 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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual
indulgence. [Archaic] --Wyclif.
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These are they which were not defiled with women;
for they are virgins. --Rev. xiv. 4.
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He his flesh hath overcome;
He was a virgin, as he said. --Gower.
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3. (Astron.) See Virgo.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged
butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
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5. (Zool.) 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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The Virgin, or The Blessed Virgin, the Virgin Mary, the
Mother of Jesus Christ.
Virgin's bower (Bot.), a name given to several climbing
plants of the genus Clematis, as Clematis Vitalba of
Europe, and Clematis Virginiana of North America.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Innocence and virgin modesty . . .
That would be wooed, and unsought be won. --Milton.
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2. Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil;
virgin gold. "Virgin Dutch." --G. W. Cable.
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The white cold virgin snow upon my heart. --Shak.
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A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil.
--Landor.
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3. Not yet pregnant; impregnant. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
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.
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(1994-11-30)
From Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) [jargon]:
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.