erogenous
[ih-roj-uh-nuh s]
- especially sensitive to sexual stimulation, as certain areas of the body: erogenous zones.
- arousing or tending to arouse sexual desire; sexually stimulating.
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Also er·o·gen·ic [er-uh-jen-ik] /ˌɛr əˈdʒɛn ɪk/.
Origin of erogenous
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Contemporary Examples
From daring to be different to erogenous zones to what to do with your hands—not groping!
But the rest of his school agenda hits every Republican erogenous zone.
Historical Examples
It should be assumed that the erogenous significance of this region of the body was originally very large.
Three Contributions to the Theory of SexSigmund Freud
The erogenous quality may adhere most notably to definite regions of the body.
Three Contributions to the Theory of SexSigmund Freud
Besides these erogenous causes of anesthesia there are also psychic causes likewise determined by the repression.
Three Contributions to the Theory of SexSigmund Freud
Let us first glance at the manner in which the erogenous zones adjust themselves to the new order of things.
Three Contributions to the Theory of SexSigmund Freud
Thus far it has manifested itself in single impulses and in erogenous zones seeking a certain pleasure as a single sexual aim.
Three Contributions to the Theory of SexSigmund Freud
erogenous
erogenic (ˌɛrəˈdʒɛnɪk)
- sensitive to sexual stimulationerogenous zones of the body
- arousing sexual desire or giving sexual pleasure
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Word Origin
C19: from Greek erōs love, desire + -genous
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Word Origin and History for erogenous
adj.
formed 1889 from Greek eros "sexual love" (see Eros) + -genous "producing." A slightly earlier variant was erogenic (1887), from French érogénique. Both, as OED laments, are improperly formed. Erogenous zone attested by 1905.
In this connection reference may be made to the well-known fact that in some hysterical subjects there are so-called "erogenous zones" simple pressure on which suffices to evoke the complete orgasm. There is, perhaps, some significance, from our present point of view, in the fact that, as emphasized by Savill ("Hysterical Skin Symptoms," Lancet, January 30 1904) the skin is one of the very best places to study hysteria. [Havelock Ellis, "Studies in the Psychology of Sex," 1914]
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
erogenous
(ĭ-rŏj′ə-nəs)- Responsive or sensitive to sexual stimulation, as of particular body parts.
- Arousing sexual desire.
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