virginal

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virginal

A young woman wears a virginal white dress to a spring garden party.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Relating to or characteristic of a virgin; pure, chaste, or untouched: Describing someone, especially a young woman, who has not had sexual intercourse, or something that is in a pristine, untouched state.
    • Fresh, innocent, or unsullied: Describing something that has a pure, fresh, and unspoiled quality, often associated with youth or nature.

  2. Noun:

    • A small, legless rectangular harpsichord: A type of early keyboard instrument, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, often played by women.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective:

    • The bride wore a simple, virginal white gown.
    • The virginal snow on the mountain peak had never been walked upon.
    • The novel explores the virginal innocence of its young protagonist.

  • Noun:

    • The museum's collection includes a beautifully preserved 17th-century virginal.
    • She practiced pieces by William Byrd on the virginal.
Advanced Usage
  • "Virginal purity": A phrase emphasizing absolute chastity or pristine condition.
    • The cult placed an extreme value on virginal purity.
  • Used metaphorically to describe landscapes, objects, or concepts that are untouched or uncorrupted.
    • The explorer was captivated by the virginal beauty of the untouched forest.
Variants and Related Words
  • Virgin (n/adj): The primary noun form; a person who has never had sexual intercourse. Also used as an adjective (e.g., virgin forest).
  • Virginity (n): The state of being a virgin.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Chaste, pure, innocent, untouched, unsullied, pristine, immaculate.
  • Noun: (For the instrument) Spinet, harpsichord (though these are related but not identical instruments).
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Defiled, corrupted, experienced, unchaste, impure.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • While not a phrasal verb, the adjective is central to the idiom "virginal white," describing a pure, bright, and unsullied shade of white.
    • The walls were painted a virginal white, making the room feel bright and clean.
virginal

A young woman wears a virginal white dress to a spring garden party.

Adjective
  1. 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
  2. untouched or undefiled
    • nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage- L.P.Smith
  3. characteristic of a virgin or virginity
    • virginal white dresses
Noun
  1. a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries

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