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ithyphallic

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Adjective, Noun
 : 
ith=y=phal=lic

CIDE DICTIONARY

ithyphallica. [L. ithyphallicus, fr. ithyphallus, Gr. , membrum virile erectum, or a figure thereof carried in the festivals of Bacchus.].
     Lustful; lewd; salacious; indecent; obscene.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ithyphallic, adj. Gk Hist.
1 a of the phallus carried in Bacchic festivals. b (of a statue etc.) having an erect penis.
2 lewd, licentious.
3 (of a poem or metre) used for Bacchic hymns.

Etymology
LL ithyphallicus f. Gk ithuphallikos f. ithus straight, phallos PHALLUS

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