pornographican.
/ˌpɔːnəˈɡrafɪkə/, U.S. /ˌpɔrnəˈɡræfɪkə/ With plural agreement. Literary or other items of pornography.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > specific types of literature > pornography
facetiae1851
filth1872
pornography1896
pornographica1913
porn1962
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > pornography
pornography1842
coprology1856
pornographica1913
porn1962
perv1966
porno1967
kiddie porn1977
1913 O. F. Theis tr. S. Zweig Paul Verlaine 62 He [sc. Verlaine]..edited pornographica and all manner of indecencies.
1919 A. Moll Sexual Life of Child ix. 264 The grave injury inflicted on children by these pornographica cannot possibly be doubted.
1962 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 75 245 Erotic miscellanies..mixing together jokes, erotic storiettes, ambiguously worded letters, doggerel pornographica, [etc.].
1966 New Statesman 16 Dec. 912/3 Shops with red neon signs offering ‘Books’ go on selling printed pornographica at eight quid a time.
1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xxxi. 197 The patroness never explained her interest in pornographica.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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