Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the phallus carried in the ancient festival of Bacchus.
- adjective Having the penis erect. Used of graphic and sculptural representations.
- adjective Lascivious; salacious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or characterized by an ithyphallus, or the ceremonies associated with its use as a religious symbol, etc.
- Hence Grossly indecent; obscene.
- In ancient prosody, sung in phallic processions; specifically, noting a group of three trochees or a period containing such a group.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Lustful; lewd; salacious; indecent; obscene.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
erect phallus that was carried inbacchic processions . - adjective by extension
lascivious orobscene .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And then you follow that with the absurd satire of Humanism -- nihilist Nietszche prancing on in goathide leggings with an ithyphallic cock dancing in the air, bringing existential panic, but saying "Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger" -- bara boom.
Archive 2006-02-01 Hal Duncan 2006
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A pamphlet of 1639 showed Robin as a horned, hoofed, ithyphallic satyr, leading witches' revels in the company of a black dog and an owl.
Robin Hood Jan 2008
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And then you follow that with the absurd satire of Humanism -- nihilist Nietszche prancing on in goathide leggings with an ithyphallic cock dancing in the air, bringing existential panic, but saying "Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger" -- bara boom.
The Heirs of Job Hal Duncan 2006
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The real Pan has hairs upon his balls, an ithyphallic god.
Archive 2006-10-01 Hal Duncan 2006
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Though an ithyphallic god of lust, Legba was also androgynous.
Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008
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The real Pan has hairs upon his balls, an ithyphallic god.
Poland Won, Bad Points Nil Hal Duncan 2006
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A pamphlet of 1639 showed Robin as a horned, hoofed, ithyphallic satyr, leading witches' revels in the company of a black dog and an owl.
Archive 2008-07-01 Jan 2008
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Either image would appeal to the Surrealist Ernst, as comic in a bawdy sense, as shocking to a correct, middle-class audience — in the Dada/Surrealist mode, and, as evocative in a Freudian spirit, of repressed meditations on the afterparts and on the ithyphallic form of the elephant itself.
Ernst's Elephant Benge, Glenn F. 2005
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But the first, dark, ithyphallic God whom men had once known so tremendous — Struthers had no use for Him.
Kangaroo 2004
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He wanted men once more to refer the sensual passion of love sacredly to the great dark God, the ithyphallic, of the first dark religions.
Kangaroo 2004
trivet commented on the word ithyphallic
grossly indecent, having an erect penis
February 7, 2007
seanahan commented on the word ithyphallic
I'm going to have to figure out a way to work this into a sentence tomorrow.
February 7, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word ithyphallic
How did you get on, seanahan?
November 3, 2007
seanahan commented on the word ithyphallic
I failed miserably.
November 4, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word ithyphallic
Shame :-(
November 4, 2007
yarb commented on the word ithyphallic
'A new-sawn stack of peeling birch fence poles
at ithyphallic 45 degrees...'
- Peter Reading, Early Stuff, from The Prison Cell and Barrel Mystery, 1976
June 23, 2008