genitory

noun — 2 senses

genitory

noun

Etymology From Old French genitoire.

1

Obsolete A testicle.

  • Pasicles the philosopher, brother unto Crates, comming to salute one, whereas he should have carried his hand to his knee, carried the same unto his genitories [translating genitoires]: The partie saluted having rudely pusht him away. What, quoth he, is not that part yours as well as the other?1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 48, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
2

Obsolete The sex organs, genitals.

  • When the lady heard his verses she came up out of the basin and, seating herself upon his lap and knees, pointed to her genitory and said, "O my lordling, what be the name of this?"1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, volume 1:

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