virginal 音标拼音: [v'ɚdʒənəl]
a . 处女的;纯洁的;无垢的
处女的;纯洁的;无垢的
virginal adj 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 "-
L .
P .
Smith 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 " [
synonym : {
pure }, {
vestal }, {
virgin },
{
virginal }, {
virtuous }]
n 1 :
a legless rectangular harpsichord ;
played (
usually by women )
in the 16th and 17th centuries [
synonym : {
virginal },
{
pair of virginals }]
Virginal \
Vir "
gin *
al \,
a . [
L .
virginalis :
cf .
F .
virginal .]
Of or pertaining to a virgin ;
becoming a virgin ;
maidenly .
"
Chastity and honor virginal ." --
Spenser .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Virginal generation } (
Biol .),
parthenogenesis .
{
Virginal membrane } (
Anat .),
the hymen .
[
1913 Webster ]
Virginal \
Vir "
gin *
al \,
n . [
Cf .
F .
virginale ; --
probably so called from being used by young girls ,
or virgins .] (
Mus .)
An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet ,
but having a rectangular form ,
like the small piano .
It had strings and keys ,
but only one wire to a note .
The instrument was used in the sixteenth century ,
but is now wholly obsolete .
It was sometimes called a pair of virginals .
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1913 Webster ]
Virginal \
Vir "
gin *
al \,
v .
i .
To play with the fingers ,
as if on a virginal ;
to tap or pat .
[
Obs .] "
Still virginaling upon his palm !" --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "
virginal ":
Platonic ,
abstinent ,
artless ,
bachelorlike ,
budding ,
callow ,
celibate ,
continent ,
dewy ,
ever -
new ,
evergreen ,
firsthand ,
fledgling ,
fresh ,
green ,
growing ,
husbandless ,
immature ,
impubic ,
in the raw ,
inartificial ,
inexperienced ,
ingenuous ,
innocent ,
intact ,
juicy ,
maiden ,
maidenly ,
minor ,
naive ,
native ,
natural ,
neoteric ,
nestling ,
new ,
new -
fledged ,
old -
maidish ,
original ,
pristine ,
raw ,
ripening ,
sappy ,
sempervirent ,
single ,
sole ,
spinsterish ,
spinsterlike ,
spinsterly ,
spouseless ,
tender ,
unadult ,
unbeaten ,
underage ,
undeveloped ,
unfledged ,
unformed ,
unhandled ,
unlicked ,
unmarried ,
unmellowed ,
unripe ,
unseasoned ,
unspoiled ,
unsullied ,
untapped ,
untouched ,
untried ,
untrodden ,
unused ,
unwed ,
unwedded ,
vernal ,
vestal ,
virgin ,
young
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