Definition of virginal Virginal

/vɚˈʤʌnʌl/ - [verjunul] - vir•gin•al

We found 11 definitions of virginal from 5 different sources.

What does virginal mean?

Noun Plural: virginals
virginal - a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
		pair of virginals
Adjective
virginal - characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white dresses"
virginal - untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith
virginal - in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
		pure, vestal, virgin, virtuous
		chaste morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste"

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virginal (a.)
Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
virginal (n.)
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.
virginal (v. i.)
To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.