Virginal

Definition of Virginal

Vir´gin`al

a.

1.

Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.

Virginal generation
(Biol.) parthenogenesis.

Virginal membrane
(Anat.) the hymen.

n.

1.

(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.

v. i.

1.

To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.

Related Words

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