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peniculus.

brush (of ox/horse tail); painter's brush; sponge; diminutive of penis (L+S);

9 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[peːˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]Classical-Latin[peˈniː.ku.lus]
  1. a brush [for removing dust] (for which ox-tails and horse-tails were used)

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  2. a sponge (a soft kind used for medical purposes)

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  3. a painter’s brush or pencil

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  4. penis, membrum virile

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  5. a scourge (kind of whip)

    Medieval-Latin · declension-2
Where this word comes from

A diminutive form of pēnis (“a tail”, anatomy “the penis”), formed as pēni(s) + -culus (suffix forming diminutives), so, literally, “a little tail” or "a little penis".

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