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   vir·gin·al

   /ˈvərjən(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. being, relating to, or appropriate for a virgin: "virginal shyness"

   noun

   • 1. an early spinet with the strings parallel to the keyboard, typically rectangular, and popular in 16th and 17th century houses.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin virginalis, from virgo ‘young woman’. The musical instrument is perhaps so called because it was usually played by young women.

   Derivatives

   • 1. virginalist noun
   • 2. virginally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • V

     4

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

   • G

     2

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

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