virginal

virginal is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective, noun, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
2. noun. 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.
3. intransitive verb. To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat.
4. noun. a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
5. adjective. in a state of sexual virginity

   "pure and vestal modesty"

   "a spinster or virgin lady"

   Synonyms: pure, vestal, virgin, virtuous

6. adjective. untouched or undefiled- L.P.Smith

   "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"

7. adjective. characteristic of a virgin or virginity

   "virginal white dresses"

Synonyms

pure, vestal, virgin, virtuous

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in virginal:

rivaling

Common word forms

virginals, virginally, virginality

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for VIRGINAL lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.