bodice-ripping
bodice-ripping noun: a lustful scene of seduction and violent or forcefully initiated sex.
Noun
bodice-ripping (usually uncountable, plural bodice-rippings)
- A lustful scene of seduction and violent or forcefully initiated sex.
- We had a long debate about the ethics of bodice-ripping—who was allowed to rip and who got ripped.1989, Alice Thomas Ellis, Home Life Four - Volume 4, page 72
- The Dutch sado-masochism, represented first by the Vroom women's attempts at seducing Mason (through multiple bodice-rippings and invitations to spank) for the purpose of reproducing slaves, is further accentuated in a similarly contrived orgy -- described as ritualistic opportunity to transcend...2009, Elizabeth Jane Wall Hinds, The Multiple Worlds of Pynchon's Mason & Dixon, page 156
- Synonyms:
- bodice-rippery
Adjective
bodice-ripping (comparative more bodice-ripping, superlative most bodice-ripping)
- Characteristic of a bodice ripper.
- There was, nearly always, ecstasy at the moment of entry. Jesus. What a cheap, bodice-ripping insult of a word.1997, Joanna M. Glass, If We are Women, page 33
- If you're going to be selling workshops on how to write a winning romance novel to romance writers' groups, you know every would-be bodice-ripping author in five states.2006, Entrepreneur Press, Start Your Own Seminar Production Business, page 48
Synonyms of bodice-ripping
Forms of bodice-ripping
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bodice-rippings |
| alternative form | bodice ripping |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more bodice-ripping |
| superlative | most bodice-ripping |
Origin of bodice-ripping
From bodice ripper.
Questions about bodice-ripping
- What does bodice-ripping mean?
- Bodice-ripping means a lustful scene of seduction and violent or forcefully initiated sex.
- What part of speech is bodice-ripping?
- Bodice-ripping can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of bodice-ripping?
- The plural of bodice-ripping is bodice-rippings.
Words near bodice-ripping in the dictionary
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