— pornographic /pawr'neuh graf"ik/ , adj. — pornographically , adv.
/pawr nog"reuh fee/ , n.
obscene writings, drawings, photographs, or the like, esp. those having little or no artistic merit.
[ 1840-50; pornográph ( os ) writing about harlots ( porno-, comb. form of pórne harlot + -graphos -GRAPH) + -Y 3 ]