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priapic

adj
/pɹaɪˈæpɪk/

Etymology

From Priapus + -ic, from Πρίᾱπος (Príāpos), a god of procreation pictured with an erect phallus in Greek mythology.

  1. derived from Πρίαπος
  2. borrowed from Priāpus
  3. formed as priapic — “Priapus + -ic”

Definitions

  1. Phallic.

    • The only relic of the temple of Isis is a priapic goblet; from the spout of which it is plain that the votaries must have quaffed the wine.

  2. In a state of penile erection.

  3. Related to or overly concerned with male sexual activity or exhibiting excessive male…

    Related to or overly concerned with male sexual activity or exhibiting excessive male sexual activity.

    • Both artists were charming, shameless and cruel, and revelled in what Bacon called an “atmosphere of threat”. Often on the run or hiding out, they led priapic private lives: Bacon was homosexual, Freud hetero.
    • But despite his waxworks appearance, pre-Weinsteinian penchant for priapic innuendo and lingering criminal trials, Mr. Berlusconi, a former Italian prime minister, is no longer the joke of European politics.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Excessively masculine

      Excessively masculine; excessively concerned with masculinity.

      • Gabriele D’Annunzio, a priapic, drug-addicted poet, war hero, military adventurer and man about town, was a mesmeric figure who encouraged triumphalism in Italy’s nationalist right-wingers.

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Derived

priapically

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