Virginal /(?)/
Vir·gin·al
Virginal
a.
- Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
Phrases & Compounds
- Virginal generation
- parthenogenesis.
- Virginal membrane
- the hymen.
Virginal
n.
- 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. (Mus.)
Virginal
v. i.
- To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat. [Obs.]