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erotica|ɛˈrɒtɪkə|
[a. Gr. ἐρωτικά, neut. pl. of ἐρωτικός amatory, f. ἐρωτ-, ἔρως love.]
Matters of love; erotic literature or art (freq. as a heading in catalogues).
1854(title) Erotica. The Elegies of Propertius. 1913H. Jackson Eighteen Nineties v. 122 The romance,..in its unexpurgated form, suggests deep knowledge of that literature generally classed under facetiæ and erotica by the booksellers. 1956K. Clark Nude viii. 323 Supplied the Court with presentable erotica. 1957N. Frye Anat. Criticism ii. 110 The silly ones [sc. studies], which simply project the author's own erotica. 1960Spectator 21 Oct. 595 In 1939, Girodias took over the erotica industry. 1961Ibid. 3 Mar. 296 The artist had drawn the erotica. 1967G. Steiner Lang. & Silence 91 Above the pulp⁓line..lies the world of erotica, of sexual writing with literary pretensions or genuine claims. |