petit mortn.

Brit.

/ˌpɛtɪ ˈmɔː/, U.S.

/ˈpɛdi ˌmɔr/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French petit, mort.

Etymology: < French petit (see petit adj.) + mort death, as alteration of petite mort n., arising from misapprehension of French mort as masculine. Compare earlier little death n. at little adj., pron., n., and adv. Compounds 1d.

An orgasm; the sensation of orgasm likened to death. Also le petit mort. Cf. petite mort n.

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1970 M. Shephard & M. Lee Marathon 16 i. 81 The French call the orgasm le petit mort, because after an orgasm it seems all complete, but you can still have it happen again.]

1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Oct. (Weekend) 41 She can do a version of ‘Midnight Confession’ that sounds like Shirley Temple in the throes of extramarital petit-mort.

1995 Nation (Nexis) 20 Nov. 638 His terrible visions..return anew to plague him, but now not only during the petit mort of orgasm.

2002 GQ Mar. 162/1 The interminable scene in which pale, skinny, mustachioed Donald Sutherland repeatedly arches his back, rolls his eyes..and, finally, thankfully, ends it all by unleashing..an art-house approximation of le petit mort.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petit mort
释义	petit mortn. Brit. /ˌpɛtɪ ˈmɔː/, U.S. /ˈpɛdi ˌmɔr/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French petit, mort. Etymology: < French petit (see petit adj.) + mort death, as alteration of petite mort n., arising from misapprehension of French mort as masculine. Compare earlier little death n. at little adj., pron., n., and adv. Compounds 1d. An orgasm; the sensation of orgasm likened to death. Also le petit mort. Cf. petite mort n. ΚΠ 1970 M. Shephard & M. Lee Marathon 16 i. 81 The French call the orgasm le petit mort, because after an orgasm it seems all complete, but you can still have it happen again.] 1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Oct. (Weekend) 41 She can do a version of ‘Midnight Confession’ that sounds like Shirley Temple in the throes of extramarital petit-mort. 1995 Nation (Nexis) 20 Nov. 638 His terrible visions..return anew to plague him, but now not only during the petit mort of orgasm. 2002 GQ Mar. 162/1 The interminable scene in which pale, skinny, mustachioed Donald Sutherland repeatedly arches his back, rolls his eyes..and, finally, thankfully, ends it all by unleashing..an art-house approximation of le petit mort. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1981
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