Meaning

1 senses

  1. The mythical toothed vagina; often related to castration anxiety.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. That is not art. That is a vagina dentata.

    ruЭто не искусство, это зубастое влагалище. — corvard

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Origin

First attested 1908, from Latin vagina + dentata (“toothed”); popularized chiefly by Sigmu

First attested 1908, from Latin vagina + dentata (“toothed”); popularized chiefly by Sigmund Freud.

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Forms

plural: vaginae dentatae / vagina dentatas / vagina dentata

Lessons for this word

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
vagabondvaginavaginalvagrantvagueB1
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