vulvic

vulvic

English

Etymology

vulva +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvʌlvɪk/

Adjective

vulvic (comparative more vulvic, superlative most vulvic)

1. Pertaining to the vulva.
   • 1974, Angela Carter, ‘A Fertility Festival’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 316:

     Shops along the path are selling live clams, indisputably vulvic in appearance.

   • 2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico 2007, p. 116:

     As Jeffrey Kripal explains, in Indian culture ‘feet are the sacred meeting point of the human and the divine’, and ‘for the sake of liberation, the yogi ponders in his heart the lotus feet of Kali’, the vulvic goddess.