genital

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/
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/ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/ · /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtəl/

Definition of genital

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or relating to biological reproduction.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or relating to biological reproduction.
  2. (not-comparable)Of or relating to the genitalia.
    “In countless Hollywood movies we see the story of two soldiers or sailors on leave; for them the pursuit of women is simply a way of relieving a genital pressure.”
  3. (not-comparable)Of or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.

noun

  1. (rare)A genital organ.
    “( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence that his genital was not injured ("fixing feet")”
    “David told of his fears of castration and his concern that his genital was not as large as another boy's on the ward, and perhaps would never be.”
    “[…] the anxiety and distress that his genital was dirty, disgusting and dangerous to his mother (myself); the dread of the bad internalized penis and his own faeces and urine.”

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Etymology

From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.

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