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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
virginal
a legless rectangular harpsichord;
played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
• Syn:
pair of virginals
• Hypernyms:
harpsichord, cembalo
1. characteristic of a virgin or virginity
- virginal white dresses
• Pertains to noun:
virginity
• Derivationally related forms:
virgin
2. untouched or undefiled
- "nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith
• Similar to:
pure
3. 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
• Syn:
pure, vestal, virgin, virtuous
• Similar to:
chaste
• Derivationally related forms:
virtue (for: virtuous), virgin, virgin (for: virgin), virginity (for: virgin), vestal (for: vestal), pureness (for: pure), purity (for: pure)
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