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Webster 1913 Edition
Virginal
Vir′gin-al
,Adj.
[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
,Noun.
[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
,Verb.
I.
To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
[Obs.]
“Still virginaling upon his palm!” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Virginal
VIR'GINAL
,Adj.
VIR'GINAL
,Noun.
VIR'GINAL
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
virginal
virginal
English
Adjective
virginal (comparative more virginal, superlative most virginal)
- Being or resembling a virgin.
- Uncontaminated or pure.
Translations
being or resembling virgin
Noun
Virginal (instrument)
virginal (plural virginal or virginals)
- (music) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
- 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 16, in Friday's Business:
- His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal, to unlock the secrets of the heart, and to cleanse his bosom of the perilous stuff, and cure him by the spell of his music.
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Translations
musical instrument
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viʁ.ʒi.nal/
Adjective
virginal m (feminine singular virginale, masculine plural virginaux, feminine plural virginales)
Noun
virginal m (plural virginaux)
Portuguese
Adjective
virginal m, f (plural virginais, comparable)
- virginal (relating to virgins)
- virgin: immaculate; chaste; untouched
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:virginal.