English adjective: virginal | |||
1. | virginal characteristic of a virgin or virginity | ||
Samples | Virginal white dresses. | ||
2. | virginal untouched or undefiled | ||
Samples | Nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage. | ||
Similar | pure | ||
Antonyms | impure | ||
3. | virginal in a state of sexual virginity | ||
Samples | Pure and vestal modesty. A spinster or virgin lady. Men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal. | ||
Synonyms | pure, vestal, virgin, virtuous | ||
Similar | chaste | ||
Antonyms | unchaste | ||
English noun: virginal | |||
1. | virginal (artifact) a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries | ||
Synonyms | pair of virginals | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cembalo, harpsichord | ||