'Virginal' definitions:
Definition of 'virginal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white dresses"
adjective
Untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith
adjective
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" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous]
noun
A legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries [syn: virginal, pair of virginals]
Definition of 'Virginal'
From: GCIDE
- Virginal \Vir"gin*al\, a. [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.] Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly. "Chastity and honor virginal." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis.
- Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Virginal'
From: GCIDE
- Virginal \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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Virginal'
From: GCIDE
- Virginal \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'virginal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstinent,
- artless,
- bachelorlike,
- budding,
- callow,
- celibate,
- continent,
- dewy,
- ever-new,
- evergreen,
- firsthand,
- fledgling,
- fresh,
- green,
- growing,
- husbandless,
- immature,
- impubic,
- in the raw,
- inartificial,
- inexperienced,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- intact,
- juicy,
- maiden,
- maidenly,
- minor,
- naive,
- native,
- natural,
- neoteric,
- nestling,
- new,
- new-fledged,
- old-maidish,
- original,
- Platonic,
- pristine,
- raw,
- ripening,
- sappy,
- sempervirent,
- single,
- sole,
- spinsterish,
- spinsterlike,
- spinsterly,
- spouseless,
- tender,
- unadult,
- unbeaten,
- underage,
- undeveloped,
- unfledged,
- unformed,
- unhandled,
- unlicked,
- unmarried,
- unmellowed,
- unripe,
- unseasoned,
- unspoiled,
- unsullied,
- untapped,
- untouched,
- untried,
- untrodden,
- unused,
- unwed,
- unwedded,
- vernal,
- vestal,
- virgin,
- young
Words containing 'Virginal'
- The Virgin,
- Virgin,
- Virginity,
- The Blessed Virgin,
- Virgin's bower,
- Virgin, UT,
- Virginal generation,
- Virginal membrane,
- blessed virgin,
- fountain of the virgin,
- pair of virginals,
- vestal virgin,
- virgin birth,
- virgin forest,
- virgin islands,
- virgin mary,
- virgin moth,
- virgin wool,
- virgo the virgin,
- american virgin islands,
- british virgin islands,
- purple virgin's bower,
- immaculate conception of the virgin mary,
- united states virgin islands,
- virgin islands national park