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Traditional English :: Virgilian
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virgim.html - adj.
of, or in the style of, the Roman poet Virgil (d. 19 BC). [L Vergilianus f. P. Vergilius Maro, Virgil] |
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Traditional English :: virgin
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virgim.html - n. & adj. --n. 1 a person (esp. a woman) who has never had sexual intercourse.
2 a (the Virgin) Christ's mother the Blessed Virgin Mary. b a picture or statue of the Virgin.
3 (the Virgin) the zodiacal sign or constellation Virgo.
4 colloq. a na ve, innocent, or inexperienced person (a political virgin).
5 a member of any order of women under a vow to remain virgins.
6 a female insect producing eggs without impregnation. --adj. 1 that is a virgin.
2 of or befitting a virgin (virgin modesty).
3 not yet used, penetrated, or tried (virgin soil).
4 undefiled, spotless.
5 (of clay) not fired.
6 (of metal) made from ore by smelting.
7 (of wool) not yet, or only once, spun or woven.
8 (of an insect) producing eggs without impregnation. virgin birth 1 the doctrine of Christ's birth without a human father.
2 parthenogenesis. virgin comb a honeycomb that has been used only once for honey and never for brood. virgin forest a forest in its untouched natural state. virgin honey honey taken from a virgin comb, or drained from the comb without heat or pressure. virgin queen an unfertilized queen bee. the Virgin Queen Queen Elizabeth I of England. virgin's bower a clematis, Clematis viticella. virginhood n. [ME f. AF & OF virgine f. L virgo -ginis] |
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Traditional English :: virginal
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virgim.html - adj. & n. --adj. that is or befits or belongs to a virgin. --n. (usu. in pl.) (in full pair of virginals) an early form of spinet in a box, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. virginalist n. virginally adv. [ME f. OF virginal or L virginalis (as VIRGIN): name of the instrument perh. from its use by young women] |
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Traditional English :: Virginia
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virgim.html - n. 1 tobacco from Virginia. 2 a cigarette made of this. Virginia creeper a N. American vine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, cultivated for ornament. Virginia reel US a country dance. Virginia (or Virginian) stock a cruciferous plant, Malcolmia maritima, with white or pink flowers. Virginian n. & adj. [Virginia in US, orig. the first English settlement (1607), f. Virgin Queen] |
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Traditional English :: virginity
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virgim.html - n. the state of being a virgin. [OF virginit f. L virginitas (as VIRGIN) ] |
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Traditional English :: virgate(1)
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virgim.html - adj.
Bot. & Zool. slim, straight, and erect. [L virgatus f. virga rod] |
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