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aph·ro·dis·i·ac    Audio Help   [af-ruh-dee-ze-ak, -diz-ee-ak] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.Also, aph·ro·di·si·a·cal    Audio Help   [af-ruh-duh-zahy-uh-kuhl, -sahy-] Pronunciation Key. arousing sexual desire.
–noun
2.an aphrodisiac food, drug, potion, or other agent that arouses sexual desire.

[Origin: 1710–20; < Gk aphrodīsiakós relating to love or desire, equiv. to aphrodsi(os) of Aphrodite + -akos -ac]
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aph·ro·di·si·ac    Audio Help   (āf'rə-dē'zē-āk', -dĭz'ē-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.

n.   Something, such as a drug or food, having such an effect.


[Greek aphrodīsiakos, from aphrodīsiā, sexual pleasures, from Aphrodītē, Aphrodite.]

aph'ro·di·si'a·cal (-dĭ-zī'ĭ-kəl) adj.
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aphrodisiac  (n.)
1719, from Gk. aphrodisiakos "inducing sexual desire," from aphrodisios, "pertaining to Aphrodite" (q.v.), Gk. goddess of love and beauty.

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aphrodisiac

adjective
1. exciting sexual desire [ant: anaphrodisiac

noun
1. a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire 

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aphrodisiac [(af-ruh-dee-zee-ak, af-ruh-diz-ee-ak)]

A substance or quality that excites sexual desire.

Note: Aphrodisiacs are named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.

[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology


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Aphrodisiac

Aph`ro*dis"i*ac\, Aphrodisiacal \Aph`ro*di*si"a*cal\, a. [Gr. ? pertaining to sensual love, fr. ?. See Aphrodite.] Exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.
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Aphrodisiac

Aph`ro*dis"i*ac\, n. That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites to venery.
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