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.
Derivatives:
virginalist n. virginally adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF virginal or L virginalis (as VIRGIN): name of the instrument perh. from its use by young women