penis
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Definition of penis
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other placental mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the external male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).
“The female clitoris is homologous to the male penis.”
“See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.”
“The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous time.”
“A life is more valuable than a penis.”
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noun
-
The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other placental mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the external male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).
“The female clitoris is homologous to the male penis.”
“See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.”
“The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous time.”
“A life is more valuable than a penis.”
- A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pes- Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s Proto-Italic *peznis Latin pēnislbor. English penis Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis, from Proto-Italic *peznis, from Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s, from *pes- (“penis”). First attested in the late 17th century. Displaced native English pintle, tarse, pillicock.
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