erotismn.
/ˈɛrətɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɛrəˌtɪzəm/, /əˈrɑdɪzəm/, /iˈrɑdɪzəm/ a. Pathology. Sexual excitement.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > sexual excitement
sexual excitement1819
erotism1849
eroticism1899
horniness1963
1849 Lancet I. 538/2 The erotism is excited by..the medical practitioner.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 563 The general perturbation too great, for erotism to be induced.
b. = eroticism n. rare.
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the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > propensity to love or sexual passions > erotic spirit or character
eroticism1881
erotism1888
1888 Athenæum 18 Aug. 220/3 The love sonnets..are free alike from erotism and from mawkishness.
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n.1849- to hide behind the skirts of
- to hide in plain sight
- to hide in plain view
- to hide one's ear, oneself
- to hide one's face
- to hide one's head
- to hide one's head in the sand
- to hide one's talent in a napkin
- to hide one's teeth
- to hide out
- to hide the salam'
- to hide the salami
- to hide the sausage
- to hie it
- to hie one's way
- to him that will, ways are not wanting
- to him-ward
- to him-wards
- to himselfward
- to himward
- to himwards
- to hinder a person from or in
- to hinder time
- to hip a person to
- to hip off