VIRGINAL


Meaning of VIRGINAL in English

adj. & n.

adj. that is or befits or belongs to a virgin.

n. (usu. in pl.) (in full pair of virginals) an early form of spinet in a box, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. virginalist n. virginally adv.

[ ME f. OF virginal or L virginalis (as VIRGIN): name of the instrument perh. from its use by young women ]

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