VIRGINAL


Meaning of VIRGINAL in English

adj.

Function: noun

Etymology: probably from Latin virginalis of a virgin, from virgin-, virgo

Date: 1530

: a small rectangular spinet having no legs and only one wire to a note and popular in the 16th and 17th centuries ― often used in plural ― called also pair of virginals

– vir · gin · al · ist \ ' v ə r-j ə -n ə l-ist, ' v ə rj-n ə -list \ noun

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