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English
Etymology
From Middle French pucelage, from pucelle.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpjuːsəlɑːʒ/, /ˈpjuːsəlɪdʒ/
Noun
pucelage (countable and uncountable, plural pucelages)
- (archaic) Virginity.
French
Etymology
From pucelle + -age.
Pronunciation
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
Old French
Etymology
pucel(e) + -age.
Noun
pucelage oblique singular, m (oblique plural pucelages, nominative singular pucelages, nominative plural pucelage)
- virginity
c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 134, line 1428:perdi, dame, mun pucelage- I have lost, dear lady, my virginity
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