ˈprīəˌpizəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: French & Late Latin; French priapisme, from Late Latin priapismus, from Greek priapismos, from priapizein to be lewd, to be a Priapus (from Priapos, Greco-Roman god of procreation and fertility usually portrayed in sculpture with an erect phallus + -izein -ize) + -ismos -ism
1. : an abnormal, more or less persistent, and often painful erection of the penis ; especially : one caused by disease rather than sexual desire
2. : a phallic figure
3. : a lewd act or display
• pri·a·pis·mic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|pizmik adjective