genital, a. and n.
(ˈdʒɛnɪtəl)
[ad. L. genitāl-em, f. genit-, ppl. stem of gignĕre to beget + -ālem: see -al1. Cf. F. génital, Sp. genital, It. genitale.]
A. adj. Pertaining to animal generation.
| 1382 Wyclif Num. xxv. 8 [Phynees] stikide thurȝ both togidre..in the genytale places [L. locis genitalibus]. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xlviii. (1495) 165 In the membre genycal [read genytal] god hath sette suche an appetyte insuperable that [etc.]. 1585 J. B. tr. Viret's Sch. Beastes D vj b, Some [fishes] which follow the females, and sprinkle the egges, with the genitall seed. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets drie Dinner M iij b, The Wine wherein a Mullet is stifled drunke, depriveth men of all genital vertue. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 18 The seed genital of an Asse is more frigid then an Horses. 1660 Sharrock Vegetables 46 Into so many offsets shall the genitall vertue dispose itself. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) IV. 310 The genital part of the male [camel] resembles that of the bull. 1845 Budd Dis. Liver 390 A small depression, in which are the two genital pores. 1878 Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 122 In all forms the lower wall of the canal forms the genital region. |
† b. Presiding over generation or birth (L. dii genitales). Obs. rare—1.
| 1652 Gaule Magastrom. xviii. 149 So many Geniall or Genitall Gods and Goddesses. |
B. n. The external organ or organs of generation. † a. sing. (= L. genitāle.) Obs. rare.
| c 1450 Burgh Contn. Lydg. Secrees 1764 With white wyn drynk it in the morwenyng, ffrom seknesse in genital kepith soget and kyng. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 154 The female [elephant] hath her genital betwixt her thighes. 1727 Bradley Fam. Dict. I. L vj b/1 The..Male's Genital. |
b. pl. (= L. genitālia; OF. genitailles.)
| 1390 Gower Conf. II. 156 Jupiter..his father bonde..And kut of with his owne honde His genitals. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1123 Ewyne into inmette the gyaunt he hyttez, Just to þe genitales [MS. genitates], and jaggede þame in sondre! 1599 A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 175/1 Applye it verye warme to your genitalles. 1610 Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 520 Some philosophers called Gymnosophists..cover their genitalls, whereas all the rest of their bodies are bare. 1682 T. Gibson Anat. 23 The parts ministring to Procreation, are the Genitals both in Men and Women. 1789 W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 333 If the genitals be immersed for some time in cold water, it will generally stop a bleeding at the nose. 1808 Med. Jrnl. XIX. 180 Case of Malconformation in the Genitals. |
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▸ genitally adv.
| 1890D. Willard in J. M. Keating Cycl. Dis. Children III. (1894) 624 Another morbid direction in which the aberration of a genitally-deformed individual may tend will be that of degradation. 1968 H. Racker Transference & Counter-transference v. 110 Sometimes the analyst loves the patient genitally and desires her genital love towards him. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Apr. d4/4 Responding to questionnaires,..73 percent of the women on bremelanotide reported feeling genitally aroused. |