penis

noun
/ˈpiː.nɪs/UK/ˈpi.nɪs/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pes- Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s Proto-Italic *peznis Latin pēnislbor. English penis Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis, from Proto-Italic *peznis, from Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s, from *pes- (“penis”). First attested in the late 17th century. Displaced native English pintle, tarse, pillicock.

  1. derived from pintle
  2. derived from *pes-ni-s
  3. derived from *peznis

Definitions

  1. The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male…

    The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other placental mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the external male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).

    • The female clitoris is homologous to the male penis.
    • See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.
    • The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous time.
  2. A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of male amniotes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at penis. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at penis. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at penis

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA