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detumescent en · ADJ

Etymology

From de- + tumescent.

Meanings

1. Exhibiting detumescence; deflated.
   • CDWM brings class into the picture because it tapped into the snobbery of viewers. Look at the ghastly arrivistes, aping their betters and weeping into their detumescent soufflés. 2023 September 23, Tim Hayward, “Not so easy does it”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:
   • I should note that Meat does not work for everyone. A friend called it too rough, others pick it up and then go on to GQ or October, and others seem to be able to read it and stay detumescent. 1982 April 10, Martin Krieger, “The Brain as Gland”, in Gay Community News, page 14:

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