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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] The first attested use of the expression in English was in 1572 with the meaning of "fainting ...
French 16th-/17th-century ivory pendant, Monk and Death, recalling mortality and the certainty of death (Walters Art Museum) [citation needed] While "brain death" is viewed as problematic by some scholars, there are proponents of it [who?] that believe this definition of death is the most reasonable for distinguishing life from death. The ...
a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [35] louche
Avoidable death Formal/legal Death resulting from risk-taking Decapitation The act of killing by removing a person's head, usually with an axe or other bladed instrument A much-favoured method of execution used around the world. Notable examples include the French Revolution via guillotine, and the Tudor times using an axe. Deleted Murdered ...
As is the case in many Romance languages (including French, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian), the Spanish word for death, muerte, is a feminine noun.As such, it is common in Spanish-speaking cultures to personify death as a female figure.
The etymology of the word "macabre" is uncertain. According to Gaston Paris, French scholar of Romance studies, it first occurs in the form "macabree" in a poem, Respit de la mort (1376), written by the medieval Burgundian chronicler Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy: [5] Je fis de Macabree la dance, Qui toute gent maine a sa trace Et a la fosse les ...
The term "little death", with which "la petite mort" is often compared, has a similar, though slightly different meaning. Namely, it means "a state or event resembling or prefiguring death; a weakening or loss of consciousness, specifically in sleep or during an orgasm".[2]
A coup de grâce (/ ˌ k uː d ə ˈ ɡ r ɑː s /; French: [ku də ɡʁɑs] ⓘ 'blow of mercy') is a death blow to end the suffering of a severely wounded person or animal. [1] [2] It may be a mercy killing of mortally wounded civilians or soldiers, friends or enemies, with or without the sufferer's consent. The meaning has extended to refer ...