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virgin | x |

As a proper noun virgin

is mary, the mother of jesus.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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

    * * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----