penis

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7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈpiː.nɪs/(UK)
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/ˈpiː.nɪs/(UK) · [ˈpʰiː.nɪs](UK) · /ˈpi.nɪs/(US) · [ˈpʰi.nɪs](US)

Definition of penis

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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.”
  2. A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.

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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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