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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