ithyphallic

[ ith-uh-fal-ik ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to the phallus carried in ancient festivals of Bacchus.

  2. grossly indecent; obscene.

  1. Classical Prosody. noting or pertaining to any of several meters employed in hymns sung in Bacchic processions.

noun
  1. a poem in ithyphallic meter.

  2. an indecent poem.

Origin of ithyphallic

1
1605–15; <Late Latin īthyphallicus<Greek īthyphallikós, equivalent to īthý(s) straight, erect + phall(ós) phallus + -ikos-ic

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ithyphallic

/ (ˌɪθɪˈfælɪk) /


adjective
  1. prosody (in classical verse) of or relating to the usual metre in hymns to Bacchus

  2. of or relating to the phallus carried in the ancient festivals of Bacchus

  1. (of sculpture and graphic art) having or showing an erect penis

noun
  1. prosody a poem in ithyphallic metre

Origin of ithyphallic

1
C17: from Late Latin, from Greek ithuphallikos, from ithuphallos erect phallus, from ithus straight + phallos phallus

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