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cunt

n. countable
C2 Proficiency US //ˈkənt// UK //kˈʌnt// cunt Vulgar

n. an extremely offensive word for a person you find very unpleasant or stupid. It is also a very rude name for a woman's genitals.

n. the female pudenda; also used as a highly offensive term of abuse for a person. Highly vulgar in register; considered one of the most taboo words in the English language.


SIMPLE

He was acting like a total cunt at the party.

CONTEXTUAL

The argument escalated quickly until one man shouted a vulgarity, calling the other a cunt in front of the crowd.

Synonyms
Origin

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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