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virginal
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Word definitions for virginal in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Virginal \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!'' --Shak.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And finally, with virginal Pamela. ▪ Compared with Sam and the virginal buildings, the smell seemed at least honestly corrupt. ▪ He could take her upstairs now, try slowly to elicit some response from that virginal body. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Old French virginal "virginal, pure, chaste," or directly from Latin virginalis "of a maiden, of a virgin," from virgin (see virgin ). The keyed musical instrument so called from 1520s (see virginals ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Virginal may be: an adjective meaning pertaining to Virginity an instrument of the harpsichord family, see Virginals a German heroic poem, see Virginal (poem)
Usage examples of virginal.
The knit she was saving for the party, and the white eyelet, were entirely too virginal for her mood.
I thought, the white waistcoat with gold braid and the white ruffled blouse, making her appear gossamery, if not virginal.
She had all the appearances of modesty and noble birth, and something of virginal innocence, which inspired one with attachment and respect at the same time.
Lost in thinking the thought that has carried us away, we are no longer safely at home in the virginal immediacy of the present moment in which we sit.
A tragic account of a botched stage robbery, a virginal girl journeying to a Mexican convent to take her vows, a noble and naive young man who took a bullet in the heart rather than allow his traveling companion to be ravished by a gang of bloodthirsty outlaws.
To his dismay, however, when the angelic, virginal Evelyn Marie Ruddick murmured his name, his pulse stirred.
Virginal, yes, and likely to remain somen did not interest her, and neither did women.
When she finally stopped, it was to stand and stare, devouring more sleek brown flesh and tautly corded muscle than her virginal fantasies could contain.
A pair of young innocents deeply in love and eager to consummate that love, the one as virginal and unknowledgeable as the other.
Thus Fool offenceless shall lie defenceless at thy mercy and, so lying, sleep until joyous day shall banish thy so virginal fears!
Gorgas was too pompous, Grubb too virginal, Ratline too old, the wranglers too young, and Bhatterji too whatever Bhatterji was, so The Lotus Jewel had few options.
She was taller and thinner than Kate, and had at times a certain shy, coy sinuosity of movement which gave her a more virginal suggestion than her unmarried sister.
Miss Trant, sitting beside me in her virginal wig, waited with baited breath for my first question.
Tall, thin, colourless, and obviously virginal, she inspired a vague repugnance even in those unliberated days.
He filters and trickles through the dense social body in every possible direction, and issues forth at last the same virginal water drop.