Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Remaining sound, entire, or uninjured; not impaired in any way.
- adjective Having all physical parts, especially.
- adjective Having the hymen unbroken.
- adjective Not castrated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Untouched, especially by anything that harms or defiles; uninjured; left complete, whole, or unimpaired.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Untouched, especially by anything that
harms ,defiles , or the like;uninjured ;whole ; undefiled; leftcomplete orentire ; notdamaged . - adjective
Uncircumcised ; commonly used to describe apenis with aforeskin inintactivism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of domestic animals) sexually competent
- adjective (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken
- adjective constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
- adjective undamaged in any way
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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