Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The female genitalia, especially the vulva. · An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in Commonwealth more usually a man). · An objectionable object or item. · An unpleasant or difficult experience or incident.
Amazing or very good.
To use the word "cunt". · To attack someone. · To ruin something; to fuck up. · To betray someone.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn? Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ Proto-West Germanic *kuntā Old English *cunte Middle English cunte English cunt From Middle English cunte, queynt, queynte, from Old English *cunte, from Proto-West Germanic *kuntā, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Cognate with West Frisian kunte, Middle Dutch conte (Dutch kont (“butt”)), dialectal Swedish kunta, dialectal Danish kunte, and Icelandic kunta. A relationship to Latin cunnus has not been conclusively shown. Lexicographer Partridge suggests cuneus (“a wedge”).
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This page abbreviates 5 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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