Definizione monolingua

virgin

virgin (plural virgins)

1. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.

   Ive always wanted to sleep with a virgin but I dont see it happening.

2. (informal) Preceded by a noun, a person who has never used or experienced what is denoted by the noun.

   Ive never used Google before – you could say Im a Google virgin.

virgin (not comparable)

1. In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
   • 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.

2. Of a physical object, untouched.

   virgin forest

3. Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
4. Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.

   a virgin daiquiri

Definizione dizionario virgin

	vergine
	person who has never had sexual intercourse
	A woman who has never had sexual intercourse.

bambina

fresco

intatto

nuovo di fabbrica

ragazza

verginità

Altri significati:

of olive oil

(informal) Preceded by a noun, a person who has never used or experienced what is denoted by the noun.

Of a physical object, untouched.

Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.

of an object, untouched

of a person, in a state of virginity

Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.

In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.

A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.