What is the meaning of virginal?

noun

  • A legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries.

adjective

  • Characteristic of a virgin or virginity.
    • usage: "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.
    • usage: "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
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