English Explanatory Dictionary

vagina dentata

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The mythical toothed vagina; often related to castration anxiety.

Word forms

vagina dentata vaginae dentatae vagina dentatas

Etymology

First attested 1908, from Latin vagina + dentata (“toothed”); popularized chiefly by Sigmund Freud.

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