Virgin Meaning
/ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.
nounA person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
Sentence Examples
As I thought, she's a virgin!
Every Harlot was a Virgin once.
The hikers explored a vast area of virgin forest.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Despite being twenty-five years old, she remained a ____ as she had never engaged in sexual intercourse.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The researchers found a ____ piece of land that had never been touched by any human activity before this month today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Could I convert virgins to nymphomania? Masturbators to rakehood? Faithful wives to adulteresses? Seducers to ascetics? Very doubtful. But possible."
— 1971, George Cockcroft aka Luke Rhinehart, The Dice Man:
"As the years went on she became extraordinarily effective at fellatio but, despite the fact that she was Mrs James Baylor, age 32, she was still a virgin."
— 1974, The New Review, Volume 1, Part Page 15:
"26 percent of virgin females have performed fellatio while 87 percent of nonvirgins have done so ."
— 1992, Cosmopolitan, volume 212, page 177:
"middle-school girls sometimes look at oral sex as an absolute bargain - you don't get pregnant, they think you don't get diseases, you're still a virgin and you're in control"
— 2008, College Student Journal - Volume 42, Issues 1-2 - Page 183:
"Shepard: Are you telling me you're a virgin?
Liara: "Virgin" does not have the same connotation in my culture as in yours. But is is true I have never done this before."
— 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Despite being twenty-five years old, she remained a ____ as she had never engaged in sexual intercourse.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The researchers found a ____ piece of land that had never been touched by any human activity before this month today.