VIRGINAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does virginal mean?
• VIRGINAL (noun)
The noun VIRGINAL has 1 sense:
1. a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
Familiarity information: VIRGINAL used as a noun is very rare.
• VIRGINAL (adjective)
The adjective VIRGINAL has 3 senses:
1. characteristic of a virgin or virginity
2. untouched or undefiled
3. in a state of sexual virginity
Familiarity information: VIRGINAL used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• VIRGINAL (noun)
Meaning:
A legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pair of virginals; virginal
Hypernyms ("virginal" is a kind of...):
cembalo; harpsichord (a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots)
• VIRGINAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Characteristic of a virgin or virginity
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
virginal white dresses
Pertainym:
virginity (the condition or quality of being a virgin)
Meaning:
Untouched or undefiled
Context example:
nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage
Similar:
pure (free of extraneous elements of any kind)
Meaning:
In a state of sexual virginity
Synonyms:
vestal; virgin; virtuous; virginal; pure
Context examples:
pure and vestal modesty / a spinster or virgin lady / men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
Similar:
chaste (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse))
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