bodice-rippery
bodice-rippery noun: the archetypical content of bodice rippers; violent or aggressive sex in romance fiction.
Noun
bodice-rippery (uncountable)
- The archetypical content of bodice rippers; violent or aggressive sex in romance fiction.
- She says that her first novel was born out of a profound love of medieval history, but I fear that what she really loves is historical romance, fantasy, and bodice-rippery.1990 May, Peter T. Garratt, “Ys OK”, in Interzone, page 66
- A tale of skulduggery, bodice rippery, and shoot-’em-up action unfolds, complete with help from a luscious mistress of disguise who could have stepped right out of a James Bond novel.2016, The Chemist review, Kirkus Reviews, 15 November 2016, page 188
- Synonyms:
- bodice-ripping
Synonyms of bodice-rippery
Origin of bodice-rippery
From bodice ripper + -y.
Questions about bodice-rippery
- What does bodice-rippery mean?
- Bodice-rippery means the archetypical content of bodice rippers; violent or aggressive sex in romance fiction.
- What part of speech is bodice-rippery?
- Bodice-rippery is a noun.
Words near bodice-rippery in the dictionary
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