ˈpjʊə ˈpjʊɹ ˈvɛs.t(ə)l ˈvɝdʒɪn ˈvɜːdʒɪn ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs 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 untouched or undefiled nor is there anything more virginal than the shimmer of young foliage characteristic of a virgin or virginity virginal white dresses a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries