[vur-juh-nl] 
| 1. | of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin: virginal purity. |
| 2. | continuing in a state of virginity. |
| 3. | pure; unsullied; untouched: a virginal mountain stream. |
| 4. | Zoology. not fertilized. |
[vur-juh-nl] | Often, virginals. a rectangular harpsichord with the strings stretched parallel to the keyboard, the earlier types placed on a table: popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
| vir·gin·al 1 (vûr'jə-nəl) adj.
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| vir·gin·al 2 (vûr'jə-nəl) n. A small, legless rectangular harpsichord popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. Often used in the plural. Also called pair of virginals. [From virgin (perhaps from its being associated with female performers).] |
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