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V — View to Vulturine (Part 6 of 18)

Virgin, a.

    1. Chaste, pure, undefiled, unpolluted, stainless, maidenly.
    2. Fresh, unused, untouched, new, maiden.
    3. Maidenly, modest.

Virginity, n. Maidenhood.

Viridescent, a. (Bot.) Greenish, slightly green, virescent.

Viridity, n. Greenness, verdancy, verdure, viridness.

Virile, a.

    1. Of a man.
    2. Manly, masculine, vigorous.

Virility, n.

    1. Manhood, maturity.
    2. Masculinity, masculineness, male energy.
    3. Manliness, manly vigor, masculine force.

Virtu, n. [It.]

    1. Taste for curiosities, love of the fine arts, dilettanteism.
    2. Curiosities, objects of art or of antiquity (taken collectively).

Virtual, a.

    1. Substantial, constructive, practical, essential, equivalent, implied, implicit, indirect.
    2. Potential, in essence or effect.

Virtually, ad. In effect, potentially, substantially, practically, to all intents and purposes.