clitoris
A sensitive and delicious elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals.
Example
“stimulate the clitoris”
Other meanings
A similar erectile sexual organ present in the cloacas of female amniotes.
Synonyms
- button
Related words
- cliterati
- clitorial
- clitoric
- clitorised
- clitorislike
- clitorist
- clitoritis
- clitorize
- hemiclitoris
- macroclitoris
- shitoris
- clit
Word history
From Ancient Greek "κλείω" (to sheathe, shut).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “clitoris” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.