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Definition clitoris

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (kleitorís), a diminutive of uncertain origin, probably from ????? (kleí?, “I sheathe, shut”), in reference to its being covered by the labia minora.

The related noun form ????? (kleís) has a second meaning of "a key, a latch or hook (to close a door)." Wooden pegs were the original keys; a connection also revealed in Latin clavis (“nail”) and claudere (“to shut”) (see close). Some medical sources give a supposed Greek verb ??????????? (kleitoriáz?, “touch or titillate lasciviously, tickle”) literally "to be inclined (toward pleasure)" (compare German Kitzler (“clitoris”, literally “tickler”), related to Greek ??????? (kleitús), a variant of ?????? (klitús, “hillside”), related to ????? (klín?, “I slope”), from the same root as ?????? (klîmax, “ladder”). But many sources take ????????? (kleitorís) literally as Ancient Greek "little hill".

Noun

clitoris (plural clitorises or clitorides)

1. (anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and mammals, homologous with the penis.

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