petite mortn.

Brit.

/pəˌtiːt ˈmɔː/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɛdi ˈmɔr/,

/pəˌti(t) ˈmɔr/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petite mort.

Etymology: < French petite mort fainting fit (1572), nervous spasm (1831 or earlier), orgasm (1882) < petite , feminine of petit (see petit adj.) + mort death (see mort n.¹). Compare later little death n. at little adj., pron., n., and adv. Compounds 1d, and petit mort n.

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.’

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petite mort
释义	petite mortn. Brit. /pəˌtiːt ˈmɔː/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛdi ˈmɔr/, /pəˌti(t) ˈmɔr/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petite mort. Etymology: < French petite mort fainting fit (1572), nervous spasm (1831 or earlier), orgasm (1882) < petite , feminine of petit (see petit adj.) + mort death (see mort n.¹). Compare later little death n. at little adj., pron., n., and adv. Compounds 1d, and petit mort n. 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.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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