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phallus

noun
/ˈfæləs/

Etymology

From Latin phallus (“membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”) from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós).

  1. borrowed from φαλλός
  2. borrowed from phallus — “membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”

Definitions

  1. A penis, especially when erect.

    • The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye[.]
    • If the priests of Diana of Ephesus castrated themselves and offered their genitals on the altar, it was because the phallus was the symbol of the dying body.

  2. A representation of an erect penis, especially symbolising fertility or potency.

    • The initiated member gave a gift of a coin for the goddess, for which he received in turn a phallus and some salt.

  3. The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.

The neighborhood

Derived

diphallia, diphallism, diphallus, ectophallus, endophallus, epiphallus, macrophallus, megalophallus, megaphallus, microphallus, neophallus, phallectomy, phallic, phallically, phallicism, phallin, phallobase, phallocentric, phallocentrism, phallocracy, phallocrat, phallocratic, phallogocentric, phallogocentrism, phalloidin, phalloidine, phallological, phallologist, phallologocentric, phallologocentrism, phallology, phallolysin, phallometric, phallometry, phalloplasty, phallostethid, phallotomy, phallotoxin, phallused, phalluslike · +2 more

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA