Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or located in the region of the pubis or the pubes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to the pubes or pubis: as, the pubic bones; the pubic symphysis, ramus, spine, ligament, artery, etc.
- the inferior, oblique, or descending ramus, forming each half of the pubic arch, partly circumscribing the obturator foramen, and ankylosed with the ischium.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to the pubis.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating or near the pubis
Etymologies
- pubis + -ic (Wiktionary)
- From pubes and pubis. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“We are now even trialling fixed penalty notices for urinating in pubic and public nuisance, depending on circumstances. i dont work in the area its being trialled, so dont know the details of rate of infringements vs, notice to appear vs arrest.”
“NEW YORK - In a significant development around online video viewership metrics for marketers and publishers, Kantar Video has launched its new "Videolytics" platform in pubic beta today.”
The Huffington Post: Andy Plesser: Video: WPP's Kantar Unit Launches Online Video Analytics Platform
“It's like having a shelf in pubic to display your books -- only you're also displaying other things around those books too -- all of which serves to draw a reader's attention to your work.”
“He knows that the pubic is overhwelming for reform of Wall Street.”
“Next thing you know they will be wearing their white sheets in pubic ...”
“The point of Twitter is to answer “What are you doing” … whispers provide a way of doing that to a small group of folks … with the intention of encouraging more folks to remain pubic with the majority of their status updates.”
Groups for Twitter; or A Proposal for Twitter Tag Channels | FactoryCity
“They wanted God in American pubic life, but, given the memory of religious warfare that could engulf and destroy whole governments, they saw the wisdom of distinguishing between private and public religion.”
Firedoglake » Chocolate Eggs, Faith and the Democratic Party
“Despite our glee that we thought we found the word pubic before a story went to press - no such luck.”
“I think I mostly do what I want … but sometimes, when I’m being particularly snippy or bitchy towards my husband or child … in pubic … I get really self-aware and hope no one recognizes me – from my blog or otherwise.”
“- Being surveiled is not the same as having those tapes made widely available, and being taped interacting in pubic is not the same as engaging someone in a one-on-one conversation that you know is public and they don’t.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pubic’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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"That is NOT a Christmas word!" Part ...
Open list! Have at! (Inspired—or was that inspissated?—by my other list from 2007, seen here.) Except for the honorary first addition (thanks sionnach), please try to add only words you hear in...
casu marzu, uranist, rape, shin-kicking, broken darlings, forcible egg-nog ..., pubic, smell it, cavity, diarrhea, octopus, touch your mustard and 40 more...
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•Open List: The Hazards of Spell-Czech
insane francisco, the untied states, prepface, the pubic at large, viet kong, vice presidential..., by enlarge, fake umbrage, cupertino effect, luftwaffle, pubic schools, electron and 41 more...
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-ic ending
Words ending in ic, tic or nic.
clastic, elastic, caustic, spastic, frantic, lactic, moronic, ironic, panic, doric, diplomatic, bureaucratic and 202 more...
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The Gloaming
dragging, burnt, desert, wind, skywalk, doorway, bundle, beard, tired, bittersweet, flux, party and 55 more...
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ugly
anal, anus, pimple, zit, hack, spit, crayon, umbilical, membrane, fissure, toady, penis and 20 more...
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sexeh
In the midnight hour she cried MOAR MOAR MOAR
orgiastic, vulva, moist, cunnilingus, thrust, swollen, nibble, stroke, engorged, grind, tumescent, lust and 49 more...
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the body
foot, spine, balls, penis, vagina, pubic, clitoris, body, genitals, skeleton, eyes, hand and 29 more...
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'Tis pity to change it
I really should start preserving those felicitous errors I come across in my proof-reading career: those that I would much prefer to leave in as they are, but cannot.
ant-dumping, pubic, dynamice, lice sciences, number on choice, moth, coca
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pubic.
dontcry John - I saw that yesterday and laughed out loud. I wanted to comment but had to run off to do stupid non-wordie stuff. *digs toe into dirt and kicks it up* Aug 20, 2009
chained_bear Now that, sir, is serendipity. Aug 20, 2009
john Mildly amusing, sort of, that right now on the homepage this is listed just above yak-shaving. Aug 20, 2009
reesetee What?? No pubic option for healthcare? Why, that's...that's....
Oh, I give up. *sigh* Aug 20, 2009
chained_bear Yet another example seen on this website. Scroll down to the bottom and look for the sign held by the (shrieking) woman wearing black. Aug 19, 2009
chained_bear *groan*
;) Aug 5, 2009
bilby Pubic at large is very entertaining. I presume the division, however, is preferable to the comb-over. Aug 5, 2009
qroqqa This typo also occurs in Sarah Waters' Fingersmith. Aug 4, 2009
reesetee Yikes. Aug 4, 2009
hernesheir Another typo spellcheckers frequently miss.... Aug 4, 2009
chained_bear Seen in text: "The vote is split among ideological lines, and reflects the divisions in the pubic at large." Aug 4, 2009