pudendum

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.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pyo͝odĕnʹdəm, pyo͞odĕnʹdəm, IPA^(key): /pjʊˈdɛndəm/, /pjuːˈdɛndəm/

pudendum (plural pudenda)

1. (usually in the plural) An external genital organ in a human; especially a woman’s vulva.
2. (figuratively) A shameful part of something.

• This term appears far more frequently in the plural — as pudenda — than in the singular, analogously with genitalia, which is rarely encountered in its obscure singular form genitale, and with genitals, a plurale tantum whose supposed singular form genital is an adjective in English.

• “pudendum” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]
• “pudendum, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; Dec. 2008]

• undumped

From pudet (“it shames”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /puˈden.dum/, [pʊˈdɛn.dũ]

pudendum n (accusative, gerundive pudendus)

1. shaming

Second declension, defective.

There is no nominative form. The present active infinitive of the parent verb is used in situations that require a nominative form.
The accusative may also be substituted by the infinitive in this way.

pudendum

1. nominative neuter singular of pudendus
2. accusative masculine singular of pudendus
3. accusative neuter singular of pudendus
4. vocative neuter singular of pudendus

• pudenda