pudendum

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UK/pjʊˈdɛndəm/UK/pjuːˈdɛndəm/

noun

External genital organs in a human; especially a woman's vulva.

OriginLatin pudenda →
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Meanings

nounpudendum (plural pudenda)

plural pudenda

  1. plural normallyExternal 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 pluralA person's genitals, mons pubis, anus, and buttocks collectively.
  3. figurativelyA shameful part of something.

Origin

  1. Latinpudenda“that whereof one ought to feel shame”
  2. Englishpudendum

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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APA

pudendum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pudendum

MLA

“pudendum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pudendum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pudendum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pudendum.

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