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virgin | cocktail |

As a proper noun virgin

is mary, the mother of jesus.

As a noun cocktail is

.

virgin

English

(wikipedia virgin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • I've never eaten tofu before – you could say I'm a tofu virgin .
  • 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.
  • 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 ), vestal

    Adjective

    (-)
  • In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) Milton
  • Innocence and virgin modesty / That would be wooed, and unsought be won.
  • * 1913 , (DH Lawrence), Sons and Lovers , Penguin 2006, p. 294:
  • 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.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 314:
  • 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 .
  • Of a physical object, untouched.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) Shakespeare
  • the white cold virgin snow upon my heart
  • Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
  • virgin''' prairie'', ''a '''virgin ecosystem'', ''virgin forest
    The virgin lands of the Americas were awaiting the Europeans.
  • Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
  • Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.
  • a virgin daiquiri

    Synonyms

    * (of a physical object) brand new, pristine, unspoilt, untouched

    Derived terms

    * extra virgin * virginal * virgin birth, Virgin Birth * virginity * Virgin Islands * Virgin Mary

    Anagrams

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    cocktail

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mixed alcoholic beverage.
  • They visited a pub noted for the wide range of cocktails they serve.
  • * 1806 , 13 May 1806 edition of Balance and Columbian Repository , published by Hudson, New York, (first appearance in print):
  • Cocktail is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters — it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head.
  • A mixture of other substances.
  • Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.
    a cocktail of illegal drugs
  • A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.
  • (Darwin)
  • (UK, slang, dated) A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
  • * Thackeray
  • It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail .
  • A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
  • Synonyms

    * mixed drink

    Derived terms

    * atomic cocktail * ckt * cocktail cabinet game * cocktail dress * cocktail frank * cocktail frankfurt * cocktail frankfurter * cocktail lounge * cocktail party * cocktail sauce * cocktail sav * cocktail savaloy * cocktail shaker * cocktail stick * cocktail table * Molotov cocktail

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Festive; lively.
  • *
  • now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of voices pitches a key higher.

    See also

    * swizzle * See also

    References

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