virgins

Noun

virgin (plural virgins)

1. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.
   • On the other hand, the daughter of a clergyman repeatedly performed fellatio instead of genital intercourse so that she could remain a virgin.1970 Marriage in Life and Literature page 169

   Synonyms:

   maiden, unicorn bait, virgo intacta, vestal

2. A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
3. (Orthodoxy or historical) Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a saint.
   • In its list of saints, the Catholic Church classifies St. Agnes, St. Maria Goretti, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux as virgins.
4. (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.
5. Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
6. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

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