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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries;
[syn: virginal, pair of virginals]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. characteristic of a virgin or virginity;
- Example: "virginal white dresses"

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

3. in a state of sexual virginity;
- Example: "pure and vestal modesty"
- Example: "a spinster or virgin lady"
- Example: "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
[syn: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis. Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, virginal, virtuous] n 1: a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries [syn: virginal, pair of virginals]