Virginal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin; chaste.
  • adj. Remaining in a state of virginity.
  • adj. Untouched or unsullied; fresh.
  • adj. Zoology Virgin.
  • n. A small, legless rectangular harpsichord popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. Often used in the plural. Also called pair of virginals.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Being or resembling a virgin.
  • n. A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
  • n. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to a virgin; maidenly: as, virginal reserve.
  • In zoology, virgin; parthenogenetic: as, the virginal reproduction of plant-lice.
  • n. A spinet, or small harpsichord (which see), usually quadrangular in shape and without legs, very popular in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
  • To finger, as on a virginal; pat or tap with the fingers.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. in a state of sexual virginity
  • adj. untouched or undefiled
  • n. a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
  • adj. characteristic of a virgin or virginity
  • Equivalent
    chaste    pure   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    harpsichord    cembalo   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    maidenly   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    maidenly    womanly    girlish    guileless    pristine    unsullied    chaste    childlike    ethereal    spotless