- pudendum (n.)
- "external genitals," late 14c. (pudenda), from Latin pudendum (plural pudenda), literally "thing to be ashamed of," neuter gerundive of pudere "make ashamed; be ashamed," from PIE root *(s)peud- "to punish, repulse." In Middle English also anglicized as pudende (early 15c.). Related: Pudendal.