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natural parts en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) The genitals.
    • These islanders were naked except their natural parts, some were painted black. 1774, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 22 June
  2. (archaic, plural, plural-only) Someone's innate, untaught talents or skill.
    • Between the fear of losing […] should be remembered by readers disposed to judge harshly of a young man who may have struck them as making but an indifferently successful use of fine natural parts. 1881, Henry James, chapter 22, in Washington Square: