little death
noun
A state or event resembling or prefiguring death; a weakening or loss of consciousness, specifically in sleep or during an orgasm.
Origin
Late 16th century. Compare French petite mort.
- blood-fine
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- blood-freezer
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- blood-friend
- blood gas
- blood gill
- blood-giving
- blood glucose
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- blood groove
- blood group
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- bloodguilt
- bloodguiltiness
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- bloodhound
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