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virǧī̆n(e
n.
Additional spellings:
virgine
77 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A young unmarried woman without (or presumptively without) sexual experience, a maiden; also
fig.
and in
fig.
context (b) a person of either sex without sexual experience; a woman who has never…
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