α. 1700s antaphrodisiack, 1700s– antaphrodisiac.
β. 1700s antiphrodisiac.
γ. 1700s antiaphrodisiaque, 1700s– antiaphrodisiac.
单词 | antiaphrodisiac |
释义 | antiaphrodisiacadj.n.α. 1700s antaphrodisiack, 1700s– antaphrodisiac. β. 1700s antiphrodisiac. γ. 1700s antiaphrodisiaque, 1700s– antiaphrodisiac. A. adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [adjective] > for venereal disease or syphilis antivenereal1676 venerial17.. antaphroditic1704 antiaphrodisiac1724 antisyphilitic1876 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Antaphrodisiack, a term given to Medicines that extinguish Venereal Desires; also antivenereal. 2. Tending to suppress sexual desire or activity; = anaphrodisiac adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > anaphrodisiac antiaphrodisiac1747 anaphrodisiac1823 1747 R. James Pharmacopœia Universalis iii. i. 231/1 The surprising antaphrodisiac Effect of Dill Water. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Antaphrodisiac, an epithet given to medicines, which diminish the seed, and extinguish the stimuli or excitements to venery. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 12 The whole of this order [sc. the water lily tribe] has the reputation of being antiaphrodisiac. 1946 Antioch Rev. 6 550 And it [sc. a book] is not only less stimulating than the advertising cards in a subway but positively anti-aphrodisiac. 2014 T. D. Wyatt Pheromones & Animal Behaviour (ed. 2) iii. 88/1 This seems to be the case in the staphylinid beetle, Aleochara curtula, in which the life of the male-applied anti-aphrodisiac molecule matches the time the female keeps the spermatophore before being ready to re-mate. B. n. An antiaphrodisiac agent; = anaphrodisiac n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > anaphrodisiac antaphroditic1706 antiaphrodisiac1761 anaphrodisiac1865 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for venereal disease or syphilis antaphroditic1706 antiaphrodisiac1761 antisyphilitic1830 1761 W. Lewis Exper. Hist. Materia Medica 22 The seeds of agnus were formerly celebrated as antaphrodisiacs; perhaps on no other foundation than the ceremony, observed by the Grecian matrons of old, of strewing the leaves in the temples, at the celebration of the chaste festivals of Ceres. 1798 tr. L. F. L. de Lignac Physical View Man & Woman I. iii. 101 If there be a powerful anti-aphrodisiac, it is Nitre. 1849 Lancet 2 June 596/1 M. Cæsar Provençal, a physician in the South of France, mentions, in a pamphlet of his, that sugar is a better and perhaps quicker antiaphrodisiac than camphor. 1972 P. O'Brian Post Captain viii. 241 Before we reached the Downs he came to me in great secrecy and asked me for an antaphrodisiac. 2007 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 274 2212/2 In Drosophila mated females in the presence of males produce 7-tricosene, a hydrocarbon which acts as an anti-aphrodisiac. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1724 |
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