vagina dentata

English

Etymology

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

Noun

vagina dentata (plural vaginae dentatae or vagina dentatas)

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