dehymenization
/diːˌhaɪmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of deflowering; a venereal depriving of the hymen, and hence, pucelage; defloration.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Wiping her face in the remnants of that of her 'husband', Imogen paints with antic grimness a post-coital tableau of bloody dehymenization."
- "A particular complaint is that some gynecologists insist on surgically disposing of the hymen of younger patients. Although surgical dehymenization is a …"
- "The first is the "promiscuous" mixed-blood who frequently must sacrifice her life before the fade of the story for no other reason than her out-of-wedlock dehymenization."
- "… we might say, remembering Henry's project of “making a small hole” in Fanny's heart, with its overtones of dehymenization."
Etymology
From de- + hymen + -ization.