defloration

[ def-luh-rey-shuhn, dee-fluh- ]

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noun

the act of deflowering.

defloration

/ ˌdiːflɔːˈreɪʃən /

noun

the act of deflowering

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Word History and Origins

Origin of defloration¹

1350–1400; Middle English defloracioun < Old French defloracion < Late Latin dēflōrātiōn- (stem of dēflōrātiō ) a plucking of flowers, equivalent to dēflōrāt ( us ) (past participle of dēflōrāre to deflower ) + -iōn- -ion

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Word History and Origins

Origin of defloration¹

C15: from Late Latin dēflorātiō ; see de- , flower

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Example Sentences

A girl may suffer most severely, alike morally and socially, even though defloration has not been effected.

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Martineau118 reports cases in which defloration had been effected at the age of nine or ten years.

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The lust of fornication is more grievous, as it verges to the desire of varieties and of defloration.

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The lust of fornication is more grievous as it verges to the desire of varieties and of defloration, n. 454.

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Soone after came her invisible servants, and presented to her such things as were necessary for her defloration.

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deflocculate deflower

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