Antedating of "Vagina"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Fri Nov 23 03:57:02 UTC 2012


vagina (OED 1682)

1653 William Harvey _Anatomical Exercitations Concerning the Generation of Living Creatures_ 473 (Early English Books Online)  The _Vagina_, or Sheath of the Womb.

Fred Shapiro

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