yonic

[ yoh-nik ]

adjective

1. relating to or shaped like a yoni, a representation of the external female genitals as a symbol of Shakti or of female generative power:

   The rose is a yonic symbol associated with generation, fecundity, and purity.

Other Words From

• yo·ni·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of yonic¹

First recorded in 1875–80; yon(i) ( def ) + -ic ( def )

Example Sentences

It’s got all the trappings of splatterpunk body horror: skeletal machines split skin like ripe fruit; facial features grow where they shouldn’t; and characters are aroused by bloody, yonic wounds.

From The Verge

Fungi sprout through skin; an overgrown corpse resembles a vivid, ash-dusted bouquet; the yonic inside of a tree-trunk gapes wide, emanating a blood-red halo.

From New York Times

The boutique is hidden on the second floor of a Chinatown mall and feels a bit like a pink satin yonic oasis.

From New York Times

Muriel embarks on a conscious awakening in California; in an unmistakably yonic episode of foreshadowing, her new neighbor Sandra gives Muriel her first Mission Valley olive.

From New York Times

On my start date, I arrived at the office, a loft a block from Canal Street, to find a stack of hardcover books about technology, inscribed by the founders and stamped with a wax seal of the company logo: a mollusk, unavoidably yonic, with a perfect pearl.

From The New Yorker