virginal
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nounDefinition of VIRGINAL
: a small rectangular spinet having no legs and only one wire to a note and popular in the 16th and 17th centuries —often used in plural —called also pair of virginals
— vir·gin·al·ist \ˈvər-jə-nəl-ist, ˈvərj-nə-list\ noun
Origin of VIRGINAL
probably from Latin virginalis of a virgin, from virgin-, virgo
First Known Use: 1530
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