deflowering

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UK/dɪˈflaʊ(w)əɹɪŋ(ɡ)/

noun

The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of deflower
noundeflowering (plural deflowerings)

plural deflowerings

  1. The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.

    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.

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    Some adulterers are impelled by the cupidity of deflowering virgins, and thence also of deflowering young girls in their harmleſs age: […]

    1794, Emanuel Swedenborg, “Of the Lust of Defloration”, in [anonymous], transl., The Delights of Wisdom Concerning Conjugial Love: […] Translated from the Latin […], London: […] R. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, paragraph 503, page 463
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APA

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“deflowering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflowering. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deflowering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflowering.

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