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单词 priapic
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priapicadj.n.

Brit. /prʌɪˈapɪk/, U.S. /praɪˈæpɪk/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Priapus n., -ic suffix.
Etymology: < Priap- (in Priapus n.) + -ic suffix. Compare French priapique of or belonging to the god Priapus or his cult (1833), obscene (1846 or earlier). Compare earlier Priapean adj., Priapian adj. With use as noun compare post-classical Latin Priapea (of uncertain date; compare Priapean adj.), French †Priapiques (plural; 1703); compare -ic suffix 2.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or resembling the god Priapus or his cult; phallic; sexual, lascivious.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > of or relating to Priapus
Priapean1623
Priapian1727
priapic1786
1786 R. P. Knight Acct. Worship of Priapus 144 She [sc. the Goddess of Hierapolis] was worshipped in the neighbourhood of Cyzicus, where she was called..the Priapic Diana.
1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §241. 247 (note) Baal-Peor in Moab was probably priapic.
1882 Q. Rev. July 50 Priapic and pornographic literature.
1949 J. Reaney in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1983) 198 I'd go stark raving berserk and roam the countryside a priapic menace.
1980 T. Wolfe Right Stuff (1981) vii. 139 The very sight of them..pulled a man into the delta of priapic delirium.
1995 Time Out 6 Dec. 24/2 The priapic star of ‘The Adventures of Superdick’, Fantasy Channel's sexfest extraordinaire.
B. n. rare.
In plural. Obscene verses addressed to or spoken by the god Priapus. Also in singular(with the): lewd style or content in literature, film, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > licentious or pornographic poem
ithyphallic1614
Fescennine1624
Sotadic1645
priapics1865
pornogram1936
1865 J. A. Symonds Diary 10 Aug. in H. R. F. Brown J. A. Symonds (1895) I. 324 Unpardonable panderism, no less odious than Latin Priapics.
1945 PMLA 60 533 In these love poems..there appears—despite an occasional lapse into the Priapic,..—a peculiar religious phraseology.
2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 28 July a40 The director..dulled its bite, replacing vaudeville brilliance with effortful, punning, prep-school priapics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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