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81Vir|gin|ian — «vuhr JIHN yuhn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of or having to do with the state of Virginia or its people. 2. of or having to do with an Algonkian language formerly spoken by Indians in eastern Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland. –n. a native… …
82Vir|gin|ia — «vuhr JIHN yuh», noun. Roman Legend. a maiden slain by her father to preserve her from the lust of one of the decemvirs …
83vir|gin|i|bus pu|er|is|que — «vuhr JIHN uh buhs PYOO UHRIHS kwee», Latin. for maidens and boys …
84Vir|gi|nis — «VUR jih nihs», noun. the genitive of Virgo (the constellation) …
85vir|gin|i|ty — «vuhr JIHN uh tee», noun. 1. a) the state or condition of a virgin; maidenhood. b) a condition that presumes a state of chastity; spinsterhood. 2. Figurative. the condition of being virgin; purity; freshness …
86vir|gin|i|um — «vuhr JIHN ee uhm», noun. the former name of francium. Symbol: Vi (no period). ╂[American English < New Latin virginium < the state of Virginia + ium, a suffix meaning “element”] …
87vir|gu|late — «VUR gyuh liht, layt», adjective. shaped like a small rod …
88vir|gule — «VUR gyool», noun. a thin, sloping or upright line used between two words to indicate the meaning of either pertains, as in and/or, or as part of an abbreviation, as in c/o. ╂[< Latin virgula punctuation mark, twig; < virga rod, virga] …
89vir|i|des|cence — «VIHR uh DEHS uhns», noun. the quality of being viridescent …
90vir|i|des|cent — «VIHR uh DEHS uhnt», adjective. somewhat green; greenish. ╂[< Late Latin viridēscēns, entis, present participle of viridēscere turn green < Latin viridāre < viridis green < virēre be green] …
