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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pee-nis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpi nɪs

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Définition of penis

Origin :
  • 1670s, perhaps from French pénis or directly from Latin penis "penis," earlier "tail," from PIE *pes-/*pesos- "penis" (cf. Sanskrit pasas-, Greek peos, posthe "penis," probably also Old English fæsl "progeny, offspring," Old Norse fösull, German Fasel "young of animals, brood"). The proper plural is penes. The adjective is penial. In psychological writing, penis envy is attested from 1924.
  • noun male sexual organ
Example sentences :
  • Penis: the flexible, membranous, intromittent organ of the male.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Penis rudimentarius causa impotentiae est, sed casus amplificationis post matrimonium habentur.
  • Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley
  • Penis short, hairy, finely-ringed, with no projecting point at its dorsal basis.
  • Extract from : « A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) » by Charles Darwin
  • Penis, with a straight, sharp, short point on the dorsal basis.
  • Extract from : « A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) » by Charles Darwin
  • Penis at some distance from the female aperture, except in Amphibola and Siphonaria.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 » by Various
  • Penis rather small, coloured purplish, with numerous little tufts of bristles.
  • Extract from : « A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2) » by Charles Darwin
  • Penis purple, with excessively short and fine spines in tufts, chiefly near the extremity.
  • Extract from : « A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2) » by Charles Darwin
  • Ibla quadrivalvis, Penis supported on a long unarticulated projection; greatly magnified.
  • Extract from : « A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2) » by Charles Darwin
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