ETYM Latin pristinus, akin to prior: cf. French pristin. Related to Prior. primitive; ancient; unspoiled.
1. Completely free from dirt or contamination.
2. Immaculately clean and unused.

1. Free of extraneous elements of any kind
2. Not mixed; SYN. unmixed, undiluted.
3. Having no faults; sinless
4. Free from discordant qualities.
5. Concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
6. In a state of sexual virginity; SYN. vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous.

Not having an identifying mark.

Being used or worked for the first time.

ETYM Latin virginalis: cf. French virginal.
In music, a small type of harpsichord.
1. Characteristic of a virgin or virginity.
2. Untouched or undefiled.

1. An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
2. A female servant.
3. A former Scottish beheading device resembling the guillotine

ETYM Latin virgo, -inis: cf. Old Fren. virgine, virgene, virge, vierge, French vierge.
A person who has never had sex.

1. A large zodiacal constellation on the equator; between Leo and Libra.
2. The sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from August 23 to September 22; Also called: Virgo the Virgin.
Zodiacal constellation, the second largest in the sky. It is represented as a maiden holding an ear of wheat. The Sun passes through Virgo from late Sept to the end of Oct. Virgo's brightest star is the first-magnitude Spica. Virgo contains the nearest large cluster of galaxies to us, 50 million light-years away, consisting of about 3,000 galaxies centered on the giant elliptical galaxy M87. Also in Virgo is the nearest quasar, 3C 273, an estimated 3 billion light-years distant. In astrology, the dates for Virgo are between about 23 Aug and 22 Sept (see precession). + prikaži više