Found 2 items, similar to Virginal.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: virginal
virginal
n : a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women)
in the 16th and 17th centuries [syn:
pair of virginals]
virginal
adj 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”- L.P.Smith
3: 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” [syn:
pure,
vestal,
virgin,
virtuous]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Virginal
Virginal
\Vir"gin*al\, a. [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.]
Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
“Chastity and honor virginal.” --Spenser.
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Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis.
Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen.
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Virginal
\Vir"gin*al\, n. [Cf. F. virginale; -- probably so
called from being used by young girls, or virgins.] (Mus.)
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.
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Virginal
\Vir"gin*al\, v. i.
To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
[Obs.]
“Still virginaling upon his palm!” --Shak.
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