Virginal Definition

virginal
adjective
  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"
noun
  1. a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries

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