defloration
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of defloration
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
Example Sentences
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Watts, V. M. Growth and fruiting responses to pruning and defloration of tomato plants.
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Her defloration, tender, refined and entirely without violence, is a small miracle.
From The Guardian
Young virgins also fetch a high price; and they even try to sew up the hymen after their defloration, so as to offer them several times as virgins!
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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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De Rémusat says that, in Cambodia, the daughters of poor parents retain their virginity longer than their richer sisters simply because they have not the money with which to pay the priest for defloration!
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