English dictionary
virginal
/'v/[@]/r/dZ//@/n/-/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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characteristic of a virgin or virginity
ExamplesVirginal white dresses.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
Source: webster1913
noun
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a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
Synonyms pair of virginalsSource: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>pair of virginals</i>.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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untouched or undefiled
ExamplesNor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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in a state of sexual virginity
ExamplesMen have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal.
Source: WordNet 3.0
verb
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To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
Source: webster1913