# virgin

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/ · frequency rank #3,992

## Definitions
1. A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.
2. A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
3. Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a saint.
4. One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
5. Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
6. A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
7. An unironic fan of virgincore bands, e.g., Car Seat Headrest, Radiohead, and Weezer.
8. A player of certain video games that are popularly believed to be hotbeds of virginity, e.g., League of Legends, Paradox Interactive grand strategy games, and World of Warcraft.
9. A Redditor, particularly one who is a moderator.
10. A person who wears certain items of clothing that are popularly considered to be dorky, e.g., Crocs and fedoras.

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

## Easily confused with
- **Virgo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/virgin-vs-virgo)
- **Virginia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/virgin-vs-virginia)
- **vigil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vigil-vs-virgin)
- **violin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/violin-vs-virgin)
- **Virgil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/virgil-vs-virgin)
- **vermin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vermin-vs-virgin)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ivrgin`, `vigrin`, `virggin`, `virginn`, `virgni`, `virign`, `virrgin`, `vrigin`, `vvirgin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/virgin