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Adjective: virginal  vur-ju-n(u)l or vurj-nul [N. Amer], vur-ji-nul [Brit]
  1. Characteristic of a virgin or virginity
    "virginal white dresses"
     
  2. Untouched or undefiled
    "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"
     
  3. In a state of sexual virginity
    "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal";
    - pure, vestal, virgin, virtuous, maiden
Noun: virginal  vur-ju-n(u)l or vurj-nul [N. Amer], vur-ji-nul [Brit]
  1. A legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
    "The museum displayed a beautifully preserved pair of virginals from the Renaissance period";
    - pair of virginals

Derived forms: virginals

See also: chaste, pure

Type of: cembalo, harpsichord

Encyclopedia: Virginal