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US
/ˈvɝdʒənəɫ/
]
[ UK /vɜːdʒˈaɪnəl/ ]
[ UK /vɜːdʒˈaɪnəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
characteristic of a virgin or virginity
virginal white dresses -
untouched or undefiled
nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage -
in a state of sexual virginity
men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
a spinster or virgin lady
pure and vestal modesty
NOUN
- a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
How To Use virginal In A Sentence
- It gives me pleasure to draw the picture of those ideal amours which every warm-blooded youth of twenty has at one time or other cherished in his thoughts; to substitute virginal charms and graces for vice and harlotry -- and after the manner of those charming heathen poets who have so often filled our dreams with their fancies, to mingle the anacreontic with the idyllic. French and Oriental Love in a Harem
- she was intact, virginal
- Spike pressed ahead regardless, scrubbing a virginal white spot into the dingy patio.
- men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
- The musicians playing the virginal, the dulcimer, and the trilling shalm were familiar, but Gord couldn't recall their names. Night Arrant
- nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage
- I bet York architect Phil Bixby and North Yorkshire garden designer Rosie Allisstone don't have acres of virginal white space in their diaries.
- _To bed, to bed_ was the burden of it to be played with accompanable concent upon the virginals. Ulysses
- Melody, harmony, and rhythm became as important to music as plainsong and counterpoint, and the arts of ornamentation and virtuoso extemporization thrived among the virginalists, and among the lute and consort players.
- Let's go back to the, like, virginal innocence thing, because that can be cool too.