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deflowerings

deflowerings is the plural of deflowering.

Meaning of deflowering

Noun

deflowering (plural deflowerings)

  1. The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
    • 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, […]...

Questions about deflowerings

What is deflowerings the plural of?
Deflowerings is the plural of deflowering.

Words near deflowerings in the dictionary

  1. deflowered
  2. deflowerer
  3. deflowerers
  4. deflowereth
  5. deflowering
  6. deflowerings
  7. deflowerment
  8. deflowerments
  9. deflowers
  10. deflox
  11. defloxed

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