VIRGINAL


Meaning of VIRGINAL in English

[vir.gin.al] adj (15c) 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of a virgin or virginity; esp: pure, chaste

2: pristine, unsullied -- vir.gin.al.ly adv

[2]virginal n [prob. fr. L virginalis of a virgin, fr. virgin-, virgo] (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 pl.--called also pair of virginals -- vir.gin.al.ist n

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