Etymology

pudendum virile

Today it means: A part of the male pudenda; the principal male organ of intromission and micturition; the penis. Full definition →

Latin pudendum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompudendum“a thing to be ashamed of”
  2. English todaypudendum virile

From Latin pudendum (“a thing to be ashamed of”) + virile, neuter form of virilis (“of a man”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpudendum all →

pudendalpudendo-pudendum muliebre

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