About The Word Defloration
Learn about the word Defloration to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Defloration definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Defloration
| Defloration Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Defloration?
[n] the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)
[n] an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something Synonyms | Synonyms for Defloration: Related Terms | Find terms related to Defloration: See Also | carnal knowledge | coition | coitus | congress | copulation | damage | harm | hurt | intercourse | relation | scathe | sex act | sexual congress | sexual intercourse | sexual relation Defloration In Webster's Dictionary \Def`lo*ra"tion\, n. [LL. defloratio: cf. F.
d['e]floration.]
1. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin.
--Johnson.
2. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part;
careful culling or selection. [R.]
The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the
defloration of the English laws. --Sir M. Hale.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Surveillance ‐ close observation of a…
- Thyrotropic hormone ‐ anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the…
- Sparkling wine ‐ effervescent wine
- Apatosaur ‐ huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in N. America in…
- Second reading ‐ the second presentation of a bill in a legislature; to approve…
- Water-milfoil family ‐ a family of dicotyledonous plants of the…
- Card-playing ‐ preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games…
- Hidden ‐ covered from view; "her face buried (or hidden) in her hands";…
- Spotted cowbane ‐ tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having…
- Bridgework ‐ a denture anchored to teeth on either side of…