defloration noun.
[di:flɔ:'reɪʃ(ǝ)n] LME.[Old & mod. French défloration or late Latin defloratio(n-), from deflorat- pa. ppl stem of deflorare: see DEFLOWER, -ATION.]1. The action of deflowering a virgin.
LME.Observer A rather perfunctory defloration in a Scarborough hotel.2. A selection of choice passages from a book; the selecting of such passages.
LME.■ T. Carte The Historia Britonum out of which..he made those deflorations. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲