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Word entry · 6 letters

virgin

Best crossword clue

"Never sexually active"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted giinrvStarts with VEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. in a state of sexual virginity

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • On the other hand, the daughter of a clergyman repeatedly performed fellatio instead of genital intercourse so that she could remain a virgin.
  • Could I convert virgins to nymphomania? Masturbators to rakehood? Faithful wives to adulteresses? Seducers to ascetics? Very doubtful. But possible.
  • As the years went on she became extraordinarily effective at fellatio but, despite the fact that she was Mrs James Baylor, age 32, she was still a virgin.

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