Definition of "virginal" []

• Relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin; chaste. (adjective)
• Remaining in a state of virginity. (adjective)
• Untouched or unsullied; fresh. (adjective)
• Zoology Virgin. (adjective)
• A small, legless rectangular harpsichord popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. Often used in the plural. Also called pair of virginals. (noun)

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• "Nay, I am no cold-blooded theorist, no thick-hided dogmatist; nor am I a chastely simple young man mooning in virginal innocence."
• "If we treat the word virginal as meaning purity, then the birth of her gifted son (sun) was due to her positive nature: she was pure at heart, as the fields were pure to plant upon."
• "You see, geek girls are such a rarity that few of them remain virginal - the choices are so many ..."