virgin

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who has never had sex
  2. noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
  3. noun the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22

Etymology

From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne.

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