pube

Back-formation from pubes.

• IPA^(key): /pjuːb/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -uːb

pube (plural pubes)

1. (slang) A single pubic hair.
   • 2010, Nick Waugh-Bacchus, Platonic?, →ISBN, page 261:

     He was a man would could step back from a problem and look at it logically and find the sense in most given situations. Sure, questions such as ,“ Why are we here?” “Is there a God?“ and “Why is there a pube in the butter?” have stumped Jack in the past; however, in knowing that this is the case, Jack has been quite happy to move on and find answers to questions that are far more relevant to day-to-day existence.

See pubes § Usage notes.

• pubedresser
• pubeless
• pubelike

• pubarche

• EPUB, epub

pube f (plural pubes)

1. (anatomy) pubis, pubic bone

pube m (plural pubes)

1. the crab louse, Phthirus pubis

From Latin pūbēs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.be/
• Rhymes: -ube
• Hyphenation: pù‧be

pube m (plural pubi)

1. (anatomy) pubis, pubic bone
2. (anatomy) pubis (area)

• pubalgia
• pubico

• pube in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

pūbe

1. ablative singular of pūbēs