Virginal
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin:
virginal purity.
2.
continuing in a state of virginity.
3.
pure; unsullied; untouched:
a virginal mountain stream.
4.
Zoology. not fertilized.
noun
1.
Often, 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.
adjective
1.
of, relating to, characterized by, proper to, or maintaining a state of virginity; chaste
2.
extremely pure or fresh; untouched; undefiled
noun
1.
(often pl) a smaller version of the harpsichord, but oblong in shape, having one manual and no pedals
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