virgin

adj 1: being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool"

2: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty";

"a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their

women must be pure and virginal" [syn: {pure}, {vestal}, {virginal},

{virtuous}]

n : a person who has never had sex

virgin

Unused; pristine; in a known initial state. "Let's bring up a

virgin system and see if it crashes again." (Especially

useful after contracting a {virus} through {SEX}.) Also, by

extension, buffers and the like within a program that have not

yet been used.

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(1994-11-30)