detumescent
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective
[edit]detumescent (comparative more detumescent, superlative most detumescent)
- Exhibiting detumescence; deflated.
- 1982 April 10, Martin Krieger, “The Brain as Gland”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
- I should note that Meat does not work for everyone. A friend called it too rough, others pick it up and then go on to GQ or October, and others seem to be able to read it and stay detumescent.
- 2023 September 23, Tim Hayward, “Not so easy does it”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:
- CDWM brings class into the picture because it tapped into the snobbery of viewers. Look at the ghastly arrivistes, aping their betters and weeping into their detumescent soufflés.