pucelage
English
Etymology
From Middle French pucelage, from pucelle.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpjuːsəlɑːʒ/, /ˈpjuːsəlɪdʒ/
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py.slaʒ/
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Noun
pucelage m (plural pucelages)
- (colloquial) virginity
- innocence
- 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage:
- Sa mère vend le pucelage du petit frère de Martaine à un autre homme qui n’encule que des garçons, et qui les veut à sept ans juste.
- Her mother sells Martaine's little brother's innocence to another man who only buggers boys, and who likes them at just seven years old.
Further reading
- “pucelage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- pucelaige
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