deflour Meaning, Definition & Usage

De*flour" transitive verb

Etymology

F. déflorer, LL. deflorare; L. de- + flos, floris, flower. See Flower, and cf. Deflorate.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Defloured ; present participle & verbal noun Deflouring

Definitions

1. To deprive of flowers.
2. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.

   He died innocent and before the sweetness of his soul was defloured and ravished from him. Jer. Taylor.

3. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce.