VIRGINAL


Meaning of VIRGINAL in English

adj of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.

2. virginal ·vi to play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.

3. virginal ·noun an instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. it had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. the instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. it was sometimes called a pair of virginals.

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