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erotic
[ ih-rot-ik ]
adjective
- arousing or satisfying sexual desire:
an erotic dance.
Synonyms: , , ,
- of, relating to, or treating of sexual love; amatory:
an erotic novel.
- subject to or marked by strong sexual desire.
noun
- an erotic poem.
- an erotic person.
erotic
/ ɪˈɒɪ /
adjective
- of, concerning, or arousing sexual desire or giving sexual pleasure
- marked by strong sexual desire or being especially sensitive to sexual stimulation
noun
- a person who has strong sexual desires or is especially responsive to sexual stimulation
Derived Forms
- ˈdzپ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·dzi·· adverb
- t··dzi adjective
- ԴDze·dzi adjective
- non·dzi·· adverb
- d··dzi adjective
- pseudo··dzi·· adverb
- ܲȴ-·dzi adjective
- quasi-·dzi·· adverb
- ܲe·dzi adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of erotic1
Example Sentences
He claimed Ms Thomas had started watching the erotic film 50 Shades of Grey in the living room whilst he went to the bedroom and dozed.
Dillon showed his flair for comedy in the hit “There’s Something About Mary” and delivered a delicious turn in the wonderfully lurid erotic thriller, “Wild Things.”
Her character's psychedelic and erotic fantasies saw the film win the first ever X-rating in the United States.
In cinema there are erotic thrillers — think “Basic Instinct,” “Fatal Attraction,” “Eyes Wide Shut” — in which men are the playboys and women the collateral damage.
Waitressing is beneath her, the adjoining erotic circus is too low-class and, as for the Rockettes, she finds all that kicking “very redundant.”
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What does erotic mean?
Erotic is an adjective used to describe things that are or are intended to be sexually arousing or pleasurable, as in erotic novel or erotic dancing.
Example: It’s a regular bookstore, but it has an erotic literature section.
Erotic can also be used to describe something that relates to or involves sex or sexual content, as in The virus was linked to ads on erotic websites.
The related noun erotica refers to works like films and literature that are primarily erotic or that contain erotic elements.
Material that contains graphic sexual content is often referred to as pornography or porn (epecially when that’s all it contains). Labelling things as erotic may be an attempt to indicate that sexual elements are only part of the content, or simply to make them sound more tasteful or highbrow.
Much less commonly, erotic can be used as a noun to refer to a person who has intense sexual desire is easily sexually stimulated.
Where does erotic come from?
The first records of the word erotic come from the early 1600s. It comes from the Greek ōپó, meaning “of love,” “caused by love,” or “given to love,” from ō, love.
Sex and love have been linked since ancient times, and the root ō is the basis for other terms involving sex, such as eros, meaning “physical love” or “sexual desire,” and erogenous, meaning “sensitive to sexual stimulation.”
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How is erotic used in real life?
The word erotic is often used in the context of movies and books with sexual content.
I do not know whether I can watch the NT's Treasure Island again because I find the prospect of Rory-from-Doctor-Who in pirate get-up quite frankly too erotic to handle
— Rosie Fletcher (@rosieatlarge)
Reading erotic fiction at 2AM under the covers when I was 16 turned me into the woman I am today 😂
— Jade🍒 (@ChaelaKaylaaa)
I wonder if people 400 years ago ever wrote erotic fanfiction about Shakespeare's plays.
— Mark (@markiplier)
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