ADJECTIVE | pert | virginal | characteristic of a virgin or virginity |
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all | virginal | untouched or undefiled | |
all | virginal, pure, vestal, virgin, virtuous | in a state of sexual virginity | |
NOUN | artifact | virginal, pair of virginals | a legless rectangular harpsichord |
Sounds | ver'jhahnahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | characteristic of a virgin or virginity. | |
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Example | "virginal white dresses" | |
Spanish | virgen, virginal | |
Catalan | virginal | |
Nouns | virgin | a person who has never / never had sex |
virginity | the condition or quality of being a virgin |
Meaning | untouched or undefiled. | |
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Example | "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith | |
Broader | pure | Free of extraneous elements of any kind |
Catalan | virginal |
Meaning | In a state of sexual virginity. | |
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Example | "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" | |
Synonyms | pure, vestal, virgin, virtuous | |
Broader | chaste | morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse) |
Spanish | casto, immaculado, puro, virgen, virginal | |
Catalan | immaculat, pur, verge, virginal | |
Nouns | virgin | a person who has never / never had sex |
Meaning | A legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries. | |
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Synonym | pair of virginals | |
Broader | harpsichord, cembalo | A clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots |
Spanish | espineta, virginal | |
Catalan | espineta, virginal |
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