Priapus

[prahy-ey-puhs]

noun

Classical Mythology. a god of male procreative power, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.

(lowercase) a phallus.

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Priapus (praɪˈeɪpəs)

—n
1.	(in classical antiquity) the god of the male procreative power and of gardens and vineyards
2.	(often not capital) a representation of the penis

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"When Mr. Apollinax visited the United States
His laughter tinkled among the teacups.
I thought of Fragilion, that shy figure among the birch-trees,
And of Priapus in the shrubbery
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