Virginal
Virginal , adjective
[Latin virginalis: compare French virginal.]
Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
Chastity and honor virginal.
Collocations (2)
Virginal generation (Biology) , parthenogenesis.
Virginal membrane (Anatomy) , the hymen.
Virginal , noun
[Compare French virginale; -- probably so called from being used by young girls, or virgins.]
(Music) 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.
Virginal , intransitive verb
To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat. [Obsolete]
Still virginaling upon his palm!