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
virginal (comparative more virginal, superlative most virginal)
Being or resembling a virgin.
Uncontaminated or pure.
(zoology) parthenogenetic
virginal (plural virginal or virginals)
(musical instruments) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
• 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
16 May 2024
(noun) a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
