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ithyphallic

Pronunciation: /ˌɪθɪˈfælɪk/

The English word “ithyphallic” has 7 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the erect phallus that was carried in bacchic processions.
  2. Of a poem or song: having the metre of an ode sung in honour of the bacchic phallus.
  3. Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis.
  4. Lascivious, obscene.
  5. Pertaining to a metrical combination of two trochees followed by one spondee.

noun

  1. A poem or song in an ithyphallic metre.
  2. A lascivious or obscene poem or song.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ithyphallicus, from Ancient Greek ἰθυφαλλικός (ithuphallikós), from ῑ̓θῠ́φαλλος (īthŭ́phallos, “phallus carried in festivals of Bacchus; ode sung in honour of the phallus; dance accompanying such an ode; dancer performing such a dance”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). ῑ̓θῠ́φαλλος is derived from ἰθῠ́ς (ithŭ́s) (variant of εὐθῠ́ς…

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