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pudendum muliebre en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin pudendum (“a thing to be ashamed of”) + muliebre, neuter form of muliebris (“of a woman”).

Meanings

1. (dated) A woman's pudendum; the vulva.
   • Cteis: A Hindu synonym for the yoni, the pudenda muleibria^([sic]). 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 71:
   • (6) Two nights after the birth of the infant, and until the tenth night, a midwife will, in some places, daily thrust her finger into the pudendum muliebre and vagina, for the purpose of removing any clots of blood which may remain in the vagina. This is to vakasilima. (7) When a mother has, after the birth of an infant, had too early intercourse with her husband, a midwife will be called in, who will vakasilima her by thrusting her finger into the pudendum muliebre and vagina. 1896, Report of the Fiji Commission to Inquire into the Decrease of the Native Population: with appendices, page 168 (E.J. March, Government Printer)

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Relateds

pudendum virile