| 单词 | la petite mort |
| 释义 | > as lemmasla petite mort The brief loss or weakening of consciousness. Now: spec. the sensation of orgasm as likened to death; an orgasm. Cf. little death n. at little adj., pron., n., and adv. Compounds 1d. Also la petite mort. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > suspension of consciousness ligation1598 little death1598 ligature1728 suspended animation1795 petite mort1891 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles xlv, in Graphic 21 Nov. 602/2 She felt the petite mort at this unexpectedly gruesome information. 1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook ix. 122 The corresponding self-transcending component in the sexual relation is..the depersonalization (la petite mort) of the orgasm. 1976 Diacritics 6 48 An experience which pushes Being to the limit during orgasm, the ‘petite mort’ which simulates death. 1995 P. Smith in F. J. Svoboda & J. J. Waldmeir Hemingway 216 Here, for the first of two times, she speaks of la petite mort, saying ‘I die each time.’ < as lemmas |
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