1560s, "pubic hair," from Latin pubes "pubescent, arrived at the age of puberty, of ripe years, grown up," also, as a noun, "a sign of puberty" (such as pubic hair), also "young men of the age of puberty" (see puberty). In 19c. also "pubic bone," and earlier "part of either hip bone that forms the front of the pelvis," from Latin os pubis, from pubes "genital area." In modern slang, monosyllable, a familiar shortening of pubic hairs (see pubic).
pubes pu·bes (pyōō'bēz)
n. pl. pubes
The lower part of the abdomen, especially the region surrounding the external genitalia.
The hair that appears on this region at puberty.
pubis pu·bis (pyōō'bĭs)
n. pl. pu·bes (-bēz)
See pubic bone.
The hair of the pubic region just above the external genitals.
A pubic hair.
See mons pubis.
| pubis (py'bĭs) Plural pubes (py'bēz) The forwardmost of the three bones that fuse together to form each of the hipbones. See more at skeleton. pubic adjective |