virgin

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
virgin/ˈvɜːʤɪn/

▶noun

• 1 a person, typically a woman, who has never had sexual intercourse.

  ■ (the Virgin) the Virgin Mary.

• 2 a person who is naive or inexperienced in a particular context: a political virgin.

• 3 Entomology a female insect that produces eggs without being fertilized.

▶adjective

• 1 being or appropriate for a virgin.

• 2 not yet used, exploited, or processed: acres of virgin forest.

  ■ (of olive oil) obtained from the first pressing of olives.

  ■ (of wool) not yet, or only once, spun or woven.

  ■ (of metal) made from ore by smelting.

– origin ME: from OFr. virgine, from L. virgo, virgin-.