virginal
vur juh nuhl
- n a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
- a characteristic of a virgin or virginity
virginal white dresses - s untouched or undefiled
nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith - s in a state of sexual virginity
men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
- Most fresh-faced singers are still expected to be prim and practically virginal, but Sheena's songs demonstrated an often controversial, darkly sexual edge from the beginning.
- Hepburn got her share: the virginal "lady flyer" in Christopher Strong, irresistibly manic Jo March in Little Women, the small-town social climber in Alice Adams, the cross .
- Abigail: We think that every teenager is virginal.