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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vir•gin•al1 /ˈvɜrdʒənəl/USA pronunciation adj. - Sex and Genderrelating to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin.
- Sex and Gendercontinuing in a state of virginity.
- pure;
unsullied.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vir•gin•al1 (vûr′jə nl),USA pronunciation adj. - Sex and Genderof, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin:virginal purity.
- Sex and Gendercontinuing in a state of virginity.
- pure;
unsullied;
untouched:a virginal mountain stream. - Zoologynot fertilized.
- Latin virginālis, equivalent. to virgin- virgin + -ālis -al1
- late Middle English 1400–50
- Music and DanceOften, virginals. a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- apparently special use of virginal1 1520–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: virginal /ˈvɜːdʒɪnəl/ adj - of, relating to, characterized by, proper to, or maintaining a state of virginity; chaste
- extremely pure or fresh; untouched; undefiled
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin virginālis maidenly, from virgō virginˈvirginally adv virginal /ˈvɜːdʒɪnəl/ n - (often plural) a smaller version of the harpsichord, but oblong in shape, having one manual and no pedals
Etymology: 16th Century: probably from Latin virginālis virginal1, perhaps because it was played largely by young ladiesˈvirginalist n |