virginal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   untouched or undefiled

   nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage- L.P.Smith

2. 2
   adj

   characteristic of a virgin or virginity

   virginal white dresses

3. 3
   noun

   A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.

   His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal, to unlock the secrets of the heart, and to cleanse his bosom of the perilous stuff, and cure him by the spell of his music.

4. 4
   adj

   in a state of sexual virginity

5. 5
   noun

   a legless rectangular harpsichord

6. 6
   adj

   Being or resembling a virgin.

7. 7
   adj

   Uncontaminated or pure.

8. 8
   adj

   Parthenogenic.

Etymology

From Middle English virginal, from Middle French virginal, from Latin virginālis. The musical instrument is probably so called from being played by young girls.