Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or resembling a phallus; phallic.
- adjective Relating to or overly concerned with masculinity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to Priapus, or to the cult and myths concerning him; phallic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
phallic - adjective masculine or
excessively concerned withmasculinity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling or being a phallus
- adjective overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Like Hefner, Wenner panders to a young and, by their own definition, hip demographic of readers under 30 years of age; both publishers might charitably be described as priapic geriatrics at 84 and 64 years of age, respectively.
Latest Articles 2010
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Perhaps he had some kind of priapic illness, in which case one can only sympathise.
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Perhaps he had some kind of priapic illness, in which case one can only sympathise.
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And they will surely be in 2010 in that ludicrous mode affected by all incoming UK governments of wanting to show that they have influence with their new-found chums Nicolas, Angela and the priapic Silvio.
Archive 2009-08-30 2009
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And they will surely be in 2010 in that ludicrous mode affected by all incoming UK governments of wanting to show that they have influence with their new-found chums Nicolas, Angela and the priapic Silvio.
To Nobody's Surprise 2009
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Apart from the choice of judges, the PR machine going way beyond its remit by overselling a priapic coke-user whom they then had to sack, being deserted by Simon Cowell and then, after various related kerfuffles, turned down by Cheryl Cole, and beaten demeaningly and unaccountably in the ratings by Strictly Come Dancing, and not actually having quite enough people who could … sing … the song choices were the worse.
Amelia Lily, X Factor's comeback queen, reaches end of road in talent show final 2011
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Though the film broadly spoofs the priapic grandiosity of heavy-metal acts and riffs knowingly on the rock-doc genre Mr. Reiner, as director Marty DeBergi , is a spoof on Martin Scorsese in "The Last Waltz", it doesn't seem to have aged much in 27 years.
Rocking and Rolling in the Wild, Wild East Steve Dollar 2011
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Panted, priapic insistences left on people's phones surely aren't the norm.
Christopher Beanland: How it Feels to Have Your Phone Hacked Christopher Beanland 2011
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All the usual devices are employed, from female guest vocalists to mildly priapic strutting on the "urban" City is Ours, but originality is manifestly lacking.
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, the priapic bishop of Autun who became France's diplomat for all seasons he served and survived both the Revolution and Napoleon, famously remarked that no one who had not lived during the ancien régime could have any idea of how sweet life could be.
Why They All Came to Versailles Frederic Raphael 2011
skipvia commented on the word priapic
See priapus.
January 11, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word priapic
And luncheon. Because it's funny.
January 11, 2008