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virginal

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處女的;純潔的;無垢的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

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.

   {Virginal generation} (Biol.), parthenogenesis.

   {Virginal membrane} (Anat.), the hymen.

資料來源 : WordNet®

virginal
     n : a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women)
         in the 16th and 17th centuries [syn: {pair of virginals}]

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" [syn: {pure}, {vestal}, {virgin},
         {virtuous}]
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