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bodiceripper

bodiceripper is the alternative form of bodice ripper.

Meaning of bodice ripper

Noun

bodice ripper (plural bodice rippers)

  1. (informal) A romantic novel, usually in a historical setting, with frank depictions of sexual activity, especially one in which the female protagonist is seduced; (by extension) a film, television programme, etc., featuring such activity.
    • My aunt would bring a stack of torrid bodice rippers with her to the beach, and would unfailingly blush if disturbed in her reading.

Forms of bodiceripper

pluralbodicerippers

Questions about bodiceripper

What is bodiceripper the alternative form of?
Bodiceripper is the alternative form of bodice ripper.

Words near bodiceripper in the dictionary

  1. bodice-rippers
  2. bodice-rippery
  3. bodice-ripping
  4. bodice-rippings
  5. bodiced
  6. bodiceripper
  7. bodicerippers
  8. bodices
  9. bodicing
  10. bodie
  11. bodied

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bodiceripper (page history and authors); bodice ripper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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