Crossword clues for virginal
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Virginal \Vir"gin*al\, n. [Cf. F. virginale; -- probably so called from being used by young girls, or virgins.] (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.
Virginal \Vir"gin*al\, a. [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.]
Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
``Chastity and honor virginal.''
--Spenser.
Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis.
Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. Being or resembling a virgin. n. (context musici English) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
WordNet
n. a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries [syn: pair of virginals]
adj. characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white dresses"
untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith
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]
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)
"Virginal" is the debut single by Japanese voice actor Shouta Aoi, released on January 15, 2014. The track served as the ending song for the TV Asahi show Break Out in January 2014. The single peaked at No. 8 on the Oricon Weekly Singles chart. The single contains another track, , written by the artist himself. The single was released in two formats: Regular (CD) and Limited (CD+DVD)
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.