Lass vs Virgin - What's the difference?
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(archaic, informal) A young woman or girl.
(Geordie) A sweetheart.
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
(informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) Milton
* 1913 , (DH Lawrence), Sons and Lovers , Penguin 2006, p. 294:
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 314:
Of a physical object, untouched.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) Shakespeare
Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.
As nouns the difference between lass and virgin
is that lass is a young woman or girl while virgin is a person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.As an adjective virgin is
in a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.As a proper noun Virgin is
mary, the mother of Jesus.lass
English
Noun
(lasses)- "Come and dance, ye lads and lasses !"
Usage notes
Still prevalent in Scottish English and Northern English dialects such as Geordie (Tyneside), Wearside/County Durham, Northumberland/Northumbrian, Teesside and Yorkshire. Sometimes used poetically in other dialects of English.Synonyms
* See alsoReferences
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English
(wikipedia virgin)Noun
(en noun)- I've never eaten tofu before – you could say I'm a tofu virgin .
Synonyms
* (person who has never had sexual intercourse) maiden (dated; used of a woman only''), unicorn bait (qualifier), virgo intacta (''medical term; used of a woman only ), vestalAdjective
(-)- Innocence and virgin modesty / That would be wooed, and unsought be won.
- He was now about twenty-three years old, and, though still virgin , the sex instinct that Miriam had over refined for so long now grew particularly strong.
- Helvidius took the plain meaning of scripture to say that Jesus patently had brothers and sisters, so therefore his mother, Mary, had enjoyed a normal family life rather than remaining perpetually virgin .
- the white cold virgin snow upon my heart
- virgin''' prairie'', ''a '''virgin ecosystem'', ''virgin forest
- The virgin lands of the Americas were awaiting the Europeans.
- a virgin daiquiri
