Deflowering
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈflaʊ(w)əɹɪŋ(ɡ)/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Deflowering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of deflower.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of deflower.
More Meanings
- The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
Example Sentences
Some adulterers are impelled by the cupidity of deflowering virgins, and thence also of deflowering young girls in their harmleſs age: […]
2005 Muhammad Khalid Masud et al - Dispensing Justice in Islam: Qadis and Their Judgements If a midwife testifies that the wound is old, then deflowering may have occurred prior to the husband's initial penetration of his wife.
Word Forms
- deflowerings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mar, vitiate, impair, spoil, deflowerment, dehymenization.
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