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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
vir′gin•al•ly, adv. vir•gin•al2 (vûr′jə nl),USA pronunciation n. - 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
vir′gin•al•ist, n. |