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noun
External genital organs in a human; especially a woman's vulva.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
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noun
A person's genitals, mons pubis, anus, and buttocks collectively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
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noun
A shameful part of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
human external genital organs collectively especially of a female
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: genitalia, genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates, crotch
History
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.
