aphrodisiac
noun /ˌæfrəˈdɪziæk/
/ˌæfrəˈdɪziæk/
- a food or drug that is said to give people a strong desire to have sex
- a powerful aphrodisiac
- Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Greek aphrodisiakos, from aphrodisios, from Aphroditē, literally ‘foam-born’, from aphros ‘foam’.