virginal

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/ˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪnəl/

adjective

Being or resembling a virgin.

Similar
unfuckedchastecherryundefloweredunsulliedvestalvirginpair of virginals
Opposite
debaucheddefileddeflowereddesecratedfallen
OriginMiddle English virginal ← Middle French virginal ← Latin virginālis →
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Meanings

adjectivevirginal (comparative more virginal, superlative most virginal)

comparative more virginal · superlative most virginal

  1. Being or resembling a virgin.

    Synonyms: unfucked

  2. Uncontaminated or pure.
  3. biologyParthenogenic.
nounvirginal (plural virginal or virginals)

plural virginals

  1. entertainmentA musical instrument in the harpsichord family.

    His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal, to unlock the secrets of the heart, and to cleanse his bosom of the perilous stuff, and cure him by the spell of his music.

    1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 16, in Friday's Business

    Synonyms: pair of virginals

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveBeing or resembling a virgin.

Similar
unfucked

nounA musical instrument in the harpsichord family.

Similar
pair of virginals
Similar
chastecherryundefloweredunsulliedvestalvirgin
Opposite
debaucheddefileddeflowereddesecratedfallenunvirginalviolated
Broader
temperate

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveuntouched or undefiled

Similar
pure

adjectivein a state of sexual virginity

Similar
purevestalvirginvirtuouschaste

nouna legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries

Similar
pair of virginals
Broader
harpsichordcembalo
Also see
brand newchastefledglinggreenmodestnewnovelpuresexlessvestalvirginvirgineousvirginialvirtuous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinvirginālis
  2. Middle Frenchvirginal
  3. Middle Englishvirginal
  4. Englishvirginal

From Middle English virginal, from Middle French virginal, from Latin virginālis. The musical instrument is probably so called from being played by young girls.

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Translations

Bulgarian де́вствен
  • де́вствен (dévstven)being or resembling virgin
Catalan virginal
  • virginalmusical instrument
Chinese Mandarin 處女的 /处女的, 古鍵琴 /古键琴
  • 處女的 /处女的 (chǔnǚ de)being or resembling virgin
  • 古鍵琴 /古键琴 (gǔjiànqín)musical instrument
  • 維吉那琴 /维吉那琴 (wéijínàqín)musical instrument
Danish jomfruelig
  • jomfrueligbeing or resembling virgin
Dutch virginaal
  • virginaalmusical instrument
Esperanto virga
  • virgabeing or resembling virgin
Finnish neitseellinen, virginaali
  • neitseellinenbeing or resembling virgin
  • virginaalimusical instrument
French virginal, virginal
  • virginalbeing or resembling virgin
  • virginalmusical instrument
German jungfräulich, Virginal
  • jungfräulichbeing or resembling virgin
  • Virginalmusical instrument
Irish maighdeanúil, ógh
  • maighdeanúilbeing or resembling virgin
  • óghbeing or resembling virgin
Norwegian Bokmål jomfruelig
  • jomfrueligbeing or resembling virgin
Portuguese virginal
  • virginalmusical instrument
Russian де́вственный
  • де́вственный (dévstvennyj)being or resembling virgin
Spanish virginal, virgíneo
  • virginalbeing or resembling virgin
  • virgíneobeing or resembling virgin
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APA

virginal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virginal

MLA

“virginal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virginal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “virginal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virginal.

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