pubes
pronunciation
How to pronounce pubes in British English:
UK [ˈpju:bi:z]
How to pronounce pubes in American English:
US [ˈpjubiz]
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- Noun:
- the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs
Word Origin
- pubes (n.)
- 1560s, "pubic hair," from Latin pubes "pubescent, arrived at the age of puberty, of ripe years, grown up," also, as a noun, "a sign of puberty" (such as pubic hair), also "young men of the age of puberty" (see puberty). In 19c. also "pubic bone," and earlier "part of either hip bone that forms the front of the pelvis," from Latin os pubis, from pubes "genital area." In modern slang, monosyllable, a familiar shortening of pubic hairs (see pubic).
Example
- 1. You 're telling me these pubes are worth nothing ?
- 2. Chronic itching papular eruption axillae and pubes .
- 3. So whether you go bare or you 're all there just stick to your guns and don 't let anybody tell you how your pubes should look .
- 4. Those pubes come in yet ?
- 5. I wonder if the carpet matches her pubes .