natural parts

English

Noun

natural parts pl (plural only)

  1. (now archaic) The genitals. [from 17th c.]
    • 1774, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 22 June:
      These islanders were naked except their natural parts, some were painted black.
  2. (now rare) Someone's innate, untaught talents or skill. [from 17th c.]
    • 1881, Henry James, chapter 22, in Washington Square:
      Between the fear of losing […] should be remembered by readers disposed to judge harshly of a young man who may have struck them as making but an indifferently successful use of fine natural parts.
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