vir·gin·al /ˈvɝʤənḷ, ˈvɚ/
(a.)處女的;純潔的;無垢的
vir·gin·al /ˈvɝʤənḷ, ˈvɝʤnəl/ 形容詞
Vir·gin·al a. Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly. “Chastity and honor virginal.”
Virginal generation Biol., parthenogenesis.
Virginal membrane Anat., the hymen.
Vir·gin·al, n. Mus. 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.
Vir·gin·al, v. i. To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat. [Obs.] “Still virginaling upon his palm!”
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virginal
adj 1: characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white
dresses"
2: untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal
than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith
3: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty";
"a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their
women must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin,
virtuous]
n : a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women)
in the 16th and 17th centuries [syn: pair of virginals]