pudendum
nounUK /pjʊˈdɛndəm/
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.
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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228:
2
In plural A person's genitals, mons pubis, anus, and buttocks collectively.
3
Figuratively A shameful part of something.
- Derived terms
- pudendal, pudendum muliebre, pudendum virile, pudic, ulcerating granuloma of the pudendum