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defloration

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

noun

  1. the act of deflowering.


defloration

/ ˌ徱ːڱɔːˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. the act of deflowering
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of defloration1

1350–1400; Middle English defloracioun < Old French defloracion < Late Latin ŧڱōپō- (stem of ŧڱōپō ) a plucking of flowers, equivalent to ŧڱō ( us ) (past participle of ŧڱō to deflower ) + -ō- -ion
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of defloration1

C15: from Late Latin ŧڱǰپō ; see de- , flower
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One of the movie’s funniest, most satisfying moments is a reconstruction of Hamrouni’s wedding night, in which she refuses her groom’s clumsy advances and ingeniously subverts the traditional flaunting of a virgin bride’s defloration.

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Despite Soviet prohibition, Russian women in the 1930s used cannabis mixed with lamb’s fat, or nasha, on their wedding night “to reduce the pain of defloration.”

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About her defloration, and the dagger as well?

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Watts, V. M. Growth and fruiting responses to pruning and defloration of tomato plants.

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Why are there no external symptoms of defloration, nor any pathognomick of the loss of virginity but a big belly?

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