unflower en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + flower.
Meanings
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(transitive) To strip the flowers from.
Look where the winds unflower / The once leaf-flowered tree.
1946, Raymond Peckham Holden, Selected poems, page 35:
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(transitive) To deflower; to take the virginity of.
To prevent the erosion of his own authority, Basil is persuaded to re-enact his father's crime — to unflower the servant girl on her nuptial night.
1988, Contemporary Dramatists, page 390:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unflowered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unflowered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unflowers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unflowering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |