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: of, relating to, or situated in or near the region of the pubes or the pubis
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Public lice are tiny crab-looking parasites that attach to pubic hair and live off human blood.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 31 Oct. 2024
Before that, Day was joined by Cecily Strong in a 2022 version with host Jerrod Carmichael as a dollmaker whose creation has rainbow pubic hair.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
But the functioning of your pelvic floor—that sling of muscles running from your pubic bone to your tailbone—likely plays a role in making queefing more or less likely to happen.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Oct. 2024
Its advocates point to the fact that pubic officials shrank from condemning the bodyguard who in January 2011 shot Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab, who had spoken out against Pakistan's blasphemy law.
—Stephen D. Krasner, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2011
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Etymology
pub(es) or pub(is) + -ic entry 1
First Known Use
1819, in the meaning defined above
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“Pubic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pubic. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
pubic
adjective
pu·bic
ˈpyü-bik
: of, relating to, or located near the pubis
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