OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 11964

virgin

/ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
casto • virgen • virginal • virgíneo
In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
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.
Innocence and virgin Modestie […] / That would be woo’d, and not unsought be won
intacto • virgen
Of a physical object, untouched.
The white cold virgin snow upon my heart / Abates the ardour of my liver.
There is something about virgin sand which arouses all the worst instincts of the detective-story writer. One feels an irresisitible impulse to go and make footprints all over it.
virgen
Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
virgin ecosystem
virgin prairie
virgen
Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
Wondering how some oil is somehow more virgin than regular virgin olive oil can be a real head-scratcher.
📚 name • entry_id 25095

Virgin

Meanings (ES + gloss)
la Virgen
Synonym of Virgin Mary (“Mary, mother of Jesus”).
'Behold,' said he, showing the picture of the Virgin, 'Behold her who protects us. Fear nothing : we shall reach Chang-hai, and we shall see our bishop.' He spoke truth : shortly t…
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📚 noun • entry_id 11963

virgin

/ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
doncel • doncella • señorita • virgen
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.
Could I convert virgins to nymphomania? Masturbators to rakehood? Faithful wives to adulteresses? Seducers to ascetics? Very doubtful. But possible.
On the other hand, the daughter of a clergyman repeatedly performed fellatio instead of genital intercourse so that she could remain a virgin.
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