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English Dictionary: virginal	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for virginal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virginal adj characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white dresses" untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith 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" Synonym(s): pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous n a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries Synonym(s): virginal, pair of virginals
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virginal \Vir"ginal\, a. [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.] Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly. [bd]Chastity and honor virginal.[b8] --Spenser. {Virginal* generation} (Biol.), parthenogenesis. {Virginal membrane} (Anat.), the hymen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virginal \Vir"gin*al\, v. i. To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat. [Obs.] [bd]Still virginaling upon his palm![b8] --Shak.