About The Word Virginal
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Virginal
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What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Virginal: chaste | pair of virginals | pure | vestal | virgin | virtuous Related Terms | Find terms related to Virginal: See Also | cembalo | harpsichord Virginal In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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