Virgin vs Disvirgin - What's the difference?

As a noun 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.

As a verb disvirgin is

to take away the virginity of a person.

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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disvirgin

English

Verb

(en verb)

To take away the virginity of a person

* 2013 , Gideon C. Mekwunye, Tear Drops , ISBN 9781466971516, "The Hotel" section, page 325 [http://books.google.com/books?id=scecrDy8ZDMC&pg=PA325&dq=dis-virgin]:

He picked up the bottle and read the label to examine the percentage of alcohol contained and grunts to himself; 'Um! Am fixing to do to you what men do to women; and that is dis-virgin them.'

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