Virginal - English meaning

adjective

Refraining from an activity or from the consumption of something, especially alcohol.

Usage examples:

The patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol

adjective

Completely avoiding something such as alcohol or sex

Usage examples:

Sexually abstinent, he has now been abstinent from alcohol for four years.

adjective

Abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse.

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What is required of celibate catholic clergy is to remain chaste

adjective

Without having any sexual activity or involvement outside of marriage

Usage examples:

The main character lives a chaste, modest life.

adjective

(especially of a human body) not having undergone decomposition.

Usage examples:

There are other quirky problems surrounding the phenomenon of incorrupt bodies of saints.

noun

An unmarried girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

Two knights fought to win the hand of a fair maiden

adjective

(of an older woman) unmarried.

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A maiden aunt

noun

A girl or young woman

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In the story, the prince woos the fair maiden., a maiden voyage/flight

adjective

Relating to or appropriate to a maiden; demure.

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Maidenly modesty

adjective

Relating to, typical of, or suitable for a maiden (= a girl, or a young woman who is not married), especially when she is expected to have traditional morals

Usage examples:

Mary was consistently modest and maidenly., we no longer value maidenly honour or virtue in the way…

adjective

Not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material.

Usage examples:

Cars can run on pure alcohol

adjective

Not mixed with anything else

Usage examples:

The scarf is pure silk., it was a moment of pure joy., the mountain air was fresh and pure (= not p…

phrase

Completely virtuous or innocent; having no moral flaws.

Usage examples:

I am not exactly pure as the driven snow

idiom

To be morally completely good

Usage examples:

How dare he criticize me for having an affair? he's not exactly as pure as the driven snow himself.

adjective

A self-denying person gives up what they want so that other people can have it, or because they feel it is morally right for them to give it up

Usage examples:

Far from being a self-denying hermit, reece enjoyed the finest clothes he could afford., she was br…

adjective

Not damaged or marked in any way.

Usage examples:

Her body was perfectly formed and unblemished

adjective

Not corrupted.

Usage examples:

Lucinda is uncorrupted by nefarious influences

adjective

Not defiled; pure.

Usage examples:

When the subways were cleaned up, people felt better; they could get to work rumpled but undefiled.

adjective

Not spoiled or made less beautiful or pure

Usage examples:

The purity of my love was something that to me remained undefiled., how refreshing it is to see the…

adjective

Not married; single.

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An unmarried mother

adjective

Having no husband or wife

Usage examples:

Their youngest son is still unmarried.

adjective

Not spoiled or made impure.

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An unsullied reputation

adjective

Not married.

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An unwed teenage mother

adjective

(used especially in newspapers) not married

Usage examples:

An unwed mother

noun

A person who has never had sexual intercourse.

Usage examples:

She's still a virgin

adjective

Being, relating to, or appropriate for a virgin.

Usage examples:

His virgin bride

noun

Someone who has never had sex

Usage examples:

A virgin forest, antarctica is virgin territory.

adjective

Having or showing high moral standards.

Usage examples:

She considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked

adjective

Possessing good moral qualities

Usage examples:

I’ve been up working since six o’clock this morning so i’m feeling very virtuous.