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La petite mort ( French pronunciation: [la pətit mɔʁ]; lit. 'the little death') is an expression that refers to a brief loss or weakening of consciousness, and in modern usage refers specifically to a post- orgasm sensation as likened to death. [1]
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Nov 22, 2022 · La petite mort is a French word that translates to “little death,” “small death,” with a connotation of “a short loss or weakening of consciousness.” The term was not associated with orgasm...
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La petite mort, French for "the little death", is an idiom and metaphor for orgasm. More widely, it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm or to a short period of melancholy or transcendence as a result of the expenditure of the " life force ", the feeling which is caused by the release of oxytocin in the brain after the ...
Sep 9, 2015 · The little death originates in the French expression la petite mort, which refers to a brief loss of consciousness as in fainting, but later came to mean the interruption of the ordinary consciousness by an orgasm.
Little death is a noun that means orgasm, especially in French. It is formed within English by compounding and has been used since the late 1500s.
