ITHYPHALLIC


Meaning of ITHYPHALLIC in English

adj. Gk hist. 1 a of the phallus carried in Bacchic festivals. b (of a statue etc.) having an erect penis. 2 lewd, licentious. 3 (of a poem or metre) used for Bacchic hymns.

[ LL ithyphallicus f. Gk ithuphallikos f. ithus straight, phallos PHALLUS ]

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