deflower Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb deprive of virginity
    ruin.
    • This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village
  2. verb make imperfect
    impair; mar; vitiate; spoil.
    • nothing marred her beauty

WordNet


De*flow"er transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. de- + flower.
Definitions
  1. Same as Deflour.
    An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. W. Montagu.
    If a man had deflowered a virgin. Milton.

Webster 1913