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aphrodisiacs' - 2 dictionary results

aph⋅ro⋅dis⋅i⋅ac

[af-ruh-dee-ze-ak, -diz-ee-ak]
–adjective
1. Also, aph⋅ro⋅di⋅si⋅a⋅cal [af-ruh-duh-zahy-uh-kuhl, -sahy-] . 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
aph·ro·di·si·ac   (āf'rə-dē'zē-āk', -dĭz'ē-)   
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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