deflorere

Danish

Verb

deflorere (imperative deflorer, infinitive at deflorere, present tense deflorerer, past tense deflorerede, perfect tense defloreret)

1. (transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl; to deflower.
2. (transitive, figurative) To use for the first time.
   • 2012, Else Lidegaard, Zacharias Heinesen, Med snudehulkende hilsen fra William Heinesen: Et forelsket portræt ved Else Lidegaard. Breve og erindringer, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Jeg tror ikke du skal deflorere det enigmatiske ord, der er tale om, men lade det beholde sin poesi ved at lade det stå hen!

     I do not think you should deflower the enigmatic word of which speaking is being done, but let it keep its poetry by letting it remain untouched!

   • 2016, Lars Bonnevie, Botswana blues, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Vejen og banen er ikke blot en fortælling om transport; de er en demonstration af viljen til at deflorere et land, der før lå hen i jomfruelig vildskab, ...

     The road and the trail are not just a story of transportation; they are a demonstration of the will to deflower a country that previously lay in virginal wildness, ...

References

• “deflorere” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

dēflōrēre

1. present active infinitive of dēflōreō