Virginal

[vir·gin·al]

A legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries

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Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.

Noun
a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith

Adjective
characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white dresses"


a.
Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.

n.
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.

v. i.
To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.


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. Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis. -- Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen.

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.

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.

Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.

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.

To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.

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Usage Examples

On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.

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