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priapism|ˈpraɪəpɪz(ə)m|
[= F. priapisme, ad. late L. Priāpism-us, a. Gr. Πριαπισµ-ός (Galen), n. of action f. Πριαπίζειν to act Priapus, to be lewd: see Priapus and -ism.]
1. Path. Persistent erection of the penis.
[1590P. Barrough Meth. Physick 179 Priapismus.] a1625Fletcher & Mass. Elder Bro. iv. iv, Potatoes and Eringoes, and, as I take it, Cantharides—Excellent, a Priapism follows. 1626Bacon Sylva §722 Lust causeth a Flagrancy in the Eyes; and Priapisme. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 563 Neither amatory desire nor true priapism is, however, a constant symptom in cantharidal poisoning. 1894Lancet 3 Nov. 1031 There was complete retention of urine, but no priapism.
2. = Priapus 3; also, an obscene mental image.
1662J. Bargrave Pope Alex. VII (1867) 117 Two Priapisms, in brass, being votes or offerings to that absurd heathen deity. 1896C. K. Paul tr. Huysman's En Route ii. v. 248 Fluids passed before his face and peopled the space with priapisms.
3. Licentiousness; intentional indecency.
1758J. Clubbe Misc. Tracts, Hist. Wheatfield (1770) I. 42 The nakedness of the boys and girls..I do not consider as a tincture of Priapism, or want of modesty, but real want of cloathing. 1892Nation (N.Y.) 7 Apr. 262/3 Those proclamations of utter nudity which Emerson called ‘priapism’, in connection with ‘Leaves of Grass’.
4. fig. Prostitution to what is low or base.
1856Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 254 In the absence of the highest aims..there is the suppression of the imagination, the priapism of the senses and the understanding.
So † ˈPriapist, a votary of Priapus; † ˈPriapize v. [ad. Gr. Πριαπίζειν], to act Priapus; to be lewd.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 366/1 Priapistes, ydolaters, whoremaisters, and sodomites. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais ii. xxvii. 220 If there pass long intervals between the Priapising Feats. 1694Motteux Rabelais v. xl. 189 Priapus full of Priapism had a mind to priapise. |