aphrodisiacaladj.
/ˌafrəʊdɪˈzʌɪəkəl/ Of aphrodisiac character.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > causing sexual excitement or desire
sweet in (the, one's) beda1300
provocatoryc1443
provocative?a1505
marrow-burning?1592
marrow-eating1593
marrow-melting1593
tickle1604
marrow-boiling1605
venereous1611
venerious1620
veneral1651
aphrodisiacal1719
erogenic1887
erogenous1889
erotogenic1909
erotogenous1928
pervy1945
bodacious1991
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > aphrodisiac
salacious1647
aphrodisiac1748
entatic1822
aphrodisiacal1959
1719 Glossographia Anglicana Nova (ed. 2) Aphrodisical, belonging to Venus or Love.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Aphrodisiacal.
1792 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 357 Indulging aphrodisiacal passion.
1869 J. Davenport Aphrodisiacs iii. 111 An account of certain aphrodisiacal charms practised by women of his time.
1918 A. Bennett Pretty Lady xxiii. 151 The rag-time music..bathed everyone at the supper tables in a mysterious aphrodisiacal fluid.
1959 New Biol. 30 47 Few Europeans are familiar with that great delicacy of Chinese cuisine, bird's nest soup (or its alleged aphrodisiacal properties).
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