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pudendum

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/pjʊˈdɛndəm/
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/pjʊˈdɛndəm/ · /pjuːˈdɛndəm/

Definition of pudendum

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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.”
  2. (in-plural)A person's genitals, mons pubis, anus, and buttocks collectively.
  3. (figuratively)A shameful part of something.

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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.

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