vulval
/ˈvʌlvəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the vulva.
Example Sentences
- "In John and Salomé, Salomé's nipples are angry blossoms, her black navel vulval, tendrilous, vaguely insectimorphic."
- "Pythagoras, she suggests, venerated three-sided figures for their vaginal symbolism; Upper Palaeolithic dips in rock are chipped away by cavemen into vulval icons."
Etymology
From vulva + -al.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈvʌlvəl/