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phallophoria|fæləʊˈfɒrɪə|
[f. Gr. ϕαλλοϕορ-εῖν to bear a phallus + -ia1 or ad. Gr. ϕαλληϕόρια (see phallephoric a.) influenced by the root ϕαλλό-ς.]
The carrying of a phallus, esp. as part of a festival of Dionysus in ancient Greece. Hence phalloˈphoric a. = phallephoric a.
The Gr. word ϕαλληϕόρια is a neuter plural, but the English form phallophoria is usu. const. as a sing.
1903J. E. Harrison in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. XXIII. 322 We have established..that a phallophoria formed a part of Dionysiac mysteries. 1950Funk's Stand. Dict. Folklore II. 864/1 The carrying of phalli in public processions (phallophoria). 1964New Statesman 13 Mar. 398/1 The puppets looked more phallophoric than the Beatles themselves. As the taped Beatle music rose to a pitch, the jiggling became an almost indecent enactment of sexual rhythm. 1967A. L. Lloyd Folk Song in England ii. 93 The randy animal-guiser song of the ‘Derby Ram’..a song that is the lyrical equivalent of those phallophoric dances that survive in farming communities in Europe, intended to celebrate and stimulate the powers of reproduction. |