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ˈvɜr dʒə nlvir·ginal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. virginal, pair of virginalsadjective

    a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries

  2. virginaladjective

    characteristic of a virgin or virginity

    "virginal white dresses"

  3. virginaladjective

    untouched or undefiled

    "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith

  4. pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuousadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. virginalnoun

    A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.

  2. virginaladjective

    Being or resembling a virgin.

  3. Etymology: From virginalis

Wikipedia

  1. virginal

    The virginals (or virginal) is a keyboard instrument of the harpsichord family. It was popular in Europe during the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.

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  1. virginal

    Virginal can be defined in two ways: 1. As an adjective, it refers to someone, especially a woman, who is pure or chaste, untouched, inexperienced, or something in its original, untouched state. 2. As a noun, it refers to a musical instrument popular during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It is a small type of harpsichord, having a rectangular shape and a single keyboard. It is a predecessor of the piano.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Virginaladjective

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

  2. Virginalnoun

    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

  3. Virginalverb

    to play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat

  4. Etymology: [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Virginal

    vėr′jin-al, n. an old keyed musical instrument, oblong in shape, one of the three forms of the harpsichord.—v.i. (Shak.) to finger, as on a virginal.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of virginal in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of virginal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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