loins

noun — 2 senses

loins

noun

/lɔɪnz/

1

Biblical, Lifestyle, Religion Euphemistic The pubic region.

2

Biblical, Lifestyle, Religion Euphemistic The reproductive organs.

  • Neuertheleſſe, thou ſhalt not build the houſe, but thy ſonne that ſhall come foorth out of thy loynes, hee ſhall build the house vnto my Name.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 8:19, column 1:
Derived terms
fruit of one's loins, gird one's loins, gird up one's loins
Related terms
lumb-, lumbo-, lumbago, lumbar, lumbosacral

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