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VIRGINAL
pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous
(adjective) in a state of sexual virginity; “pure and vestal modesty”; “a spinster or virgin lady”; “men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal”
virginal
(adjective) untouched or undefiled; “nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage”- L.P.Smith
virginal
(adjective) characteristic of a virgin or virginity; “virginal white dresses”
virginal, pair of virginals
(noun) a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
virginal (comparative more virginal, superlative most virginal)
Being or resembling a virgin.
Uncontaminated or pure.
(zoology) parthenogenetic
Noun
virginal (plural virginal or virginals)
(musical instruments) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
Anagrams
• rivaling
Source: Wiktionary
Vir"gin*al, a. Etym: [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly. "Chastity and honor virginal." Spenser. Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis.
– Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen.
Vir"gin*al, n. Etym: [Cf. F. virginale; -- probably so called from being used by young girls, or virgins.] (Mus.)
Definition: 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.
Vir"gin*al, v. i.
Definition: To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat. [Obs.] "Still virginaling upon his palm!" Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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