pucelage

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French pucelage, from pucelle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pucelage (countable and uncountable, plural pucelages)

  1. (archaic) Virginity.

French

Etymology

From pucelle +‎ -age

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pyslaʒ/, /pysəlaʒ/

Noun

pucelage m (plural pucelages)

  1. (colloquial) virginity
  2. 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

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

pucel(e) +‎ -age.

Noun

pucelage oblique singular, m (oblique plural pucelages, nominative singular pucelages, nominative plural pucelage)

  1. virginity
    • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 134 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 1428:
      perdi, dame, mun pucelage
      I have lost, dear lady, my virginity

Descendants

  • → English: pucelage
  • French: pucelage
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