Deflowering
//dɪˈflaʊ(w)əɹɪŋ(ɡ)// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
"Some adulterers are impelled by the cupidity of deflowering virgins, and thence also of deflowering young girls in their harmleſs age: […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of deflower form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister: We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; which with us is unlawful and abominable."
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