Definitions for: Virginal

[n] a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
[adj] 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"
[adj] untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith
[adj] characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white dresses"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

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.

Synonyms: chaste, pair of virginals, pure, vestal, virgin, virtuous

See Also: cembalo, harpsichord

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