virginal 1
— virginally , adv.
/verr"jeuh nl/ , adj.
1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin: virginal purity.
2. continuing in a state of virginity.
3. pure; unsullied; untouched: a virginal mountain stream.
4. Zool. not fertilized.
[ 1400-50; late ME virginalis, equiv. to virgin- VIRGIN + -alis -AL 1 ]
virginal 2
— virginalist , n.
/verr"jeuh nl/ , n.
Often, virginals . a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
[ 1520-30; appar. special use of VIRGINAL 1 ]