/pay"fee euhn/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus sacred to Aphrodite.
2. of or pertaining to love, esp. illicit sexual love; erotic; wanton.
3. noting or pertaining to Aphrodite or to her worship or service.
n.
4. the Paphian , Aphrodite: so called from her cult center at Paphos.
5. ( often l.c. ) a prostitute.
[ 1605-15; Paphi ( us ) ( Páphios of Paphos, of Aphrodite) + -AN ]