"deflour" meaning in English

See deflour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: deflours [present, singular, third-person], deflouring [participle, present], defloured [participle, past], defloured [past]
Etymology: From French déflorer, Late Latin deflorare, from Latin de- + flos, floris (“flower”). See flower, and compare deflorate. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|déflorer}} French déflorer, {{lena}}, {{der|en|LL.|deflorare}} Late Latin deflorare, {{lena}}, {{der|en|la|de-}} Latin de- Head templates: {{en-verb}} deflour (third-person singular simple present deflours, present participle deflouring, simple past and past participle defloured)
  1. Obsolete form of deflower. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: deflower Derived forms: deflourer
    Sense id: en-deflour-en-verb-fosf9361 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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