verb
deflower
dee-FLOWW-er/ˌdiːˈflaʊər/
To deprive someone of sexual virginity.
They tell the clinician that they have deflowered each other.
Etymology
The pieces evoke stripping flowers from a plant or garden. Applied to a person, that image treats virginity as a flower or flower-like quality that is taken away.
More examples
- He says his first girlfriend deflowered him.
- The memoir describes her lover deflowering her.
- She dislikes the old-fashioned idea that a partner can deflower someone.
Forms
deflower · deflowers · deflowered · deflowering
defloration noun — The act of taking someone's sexual virginity.