Pudendum
//pjʊˈdɛndəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 External genital organs in a human; especially a woman's vulva. plural-normally
"Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar."
- 2 human external genital organs collectively especially of a female wordnet
- 3 A person's genitals, mons pubis, anus, and buttocks collectively. in-plural
- 4 A shameful part of something. figuratively
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More examples"Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar."
Etymology
From Latin pudenda (“that whereof one ought to feel shame”), substantive use of the neuter plural gerundive of pudet (“it shames”); in Latin the usage in the plural form (to mean external genitalia), was far more common than the singular form, as is also the case in English.
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