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virginal

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1. virginal - Noun

2. virginal - Adjective

3. virginal - Verb

4. virginal - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.

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.

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

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pure and vestal modesty Source: Internet

a spinster or virgin lady Source: Internet

men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal Source: Internet

nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage Source: Internet

virginal white dresses Source: Internet

An ottavino of model VIII is inserted into the case of the virginal like a drawer slipping into a bureau." Source: Internet

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