deflower
verb /ˌdiːˈflaʊə(r)/
/ˌdiːˈflaʊər/
(old-fashioned, literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deflower | /ˌdiːˈflaʊə(r)/ /ˌdiːˈflaʊər/ |
| he / she / it deflowers | /ˌdiːˈflaʊəz/ /ˌdiːˈflaʊərz/ |
| past simple deflowered | /ˌdiːˈflaʊəd/ /ˌdiːˈflaʊərd/ |
| past participle deflowered | /ˌdiːˈflaʊəd/ /ˌdiːˈflaʊərd/ |
| -ing form deflowering | /ˌdiːˈflaʊərɪŋ/ /ˌdiːˈflaʊərɪŋ/ |
- deflower somebody to have sex with a woman who has not had sex beforeWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French desflourer, from a variant of late Latin deflorare, from de- (expressing removal) + Latin flos, flor- ‘a flower’.