pubic

pubic
pubic (adj.) 1831, from pubis "bone of the groin" (1590s), short for L. pubis os, from L. pubes (gen. pubis) "pubic hair," from L. pubes "genital area, groin," related to pubes "full-grown" (see PUBERTY (Cf. puberty)).

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