/ith'euh fal"ik/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to the phallus carried in ancient festivals of Bacchus.
2. grossly indecent; obscene.
3. Class. Pros. noting or pertaining to any of several meters employed in hymns sung in Bacchic processions.
n.
4. a poem in ithyphallic meter.
5. an indecent poem.
[ 1605-15; ithyphallicus ithyphallikós, equiv. to ithý ( s ) straight, erect + phall ( ós ) PHALLUS + -ikos -IC ]