Origin: Latin
suffix -al
Virginal has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Adjective
Noun
1
a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
2
A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
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"
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"
4
Being or resembling a virgin.
Example Sentences
"virginal white dresses"
adjective
"nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"
adjective
"pure and vestal modesty"
adjective
"a spinster or virgin lady"
adjective
"men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
adjective
Broader Terms (hypernyms)