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pudendum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • pyo͝odĕnʹdəm (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pjʊˈdɛndəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • pyo͞odĕnʹdəm (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pjuːˈdɛndəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

  1. (plural-normally) External genital organs in a human; especially a woman's vulva.
    • Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228:
  2. (in-plural) A person's genitals, mons pubis, anus, and buttocks collectively.
  3. (figuratively) A shameful part of something.

Forms

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Deriveds

pudendum muliebre · pudendum virile · pudendal · pudic · ulcerating granuloma of the pudendum