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Definition of Virginal
1. Noun. A legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. Adjective. Characteristic of a virgin or virginity. "Virginal white dresses"
3. Adjective. Untouched or undefiled. "Nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"
4. Adjective. In a state of sexual virginity. "Men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
Similar to: Chaste
Derivative terms: Pureness, Pureness, Purity, Vestal, Virgin, Virginity, Virgin, Virtue
Definition of Virginal
1. a. Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
2. n. An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes called a pair of virginals.
3. v. i. To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
4. a. Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
5. n. An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes called a pair of virginals.
6. v. i. To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
Definition of Virginal
1. Adjective. Being or resembling a virgin. ¹
2. Noun. A musical instrument in the harpsichord family. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Virginal
1. a musical instrument [n -S]
Medical Definition of Virginal
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Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly. "Chastity and honor virginal.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Virginal
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