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Priapic, a. (n.)|praɪˈæpɪk|
[f. Priap-us + -ic. So F. priapique.]
Of or relating to Priapus or his cult; phallic.
1786R. P. Knight Worship of Priapus (1865) 145 The use of priapic figures as amulets..so common among the Romans, was certainly continued through the middle ages. 1818― Symbolic Lang. (1876) 30 The key which is still worn, with the Priapic hand, as an amulet, by the women of Italy. 1850J. Leitch tr. C.O. Müller's Anc. Art §241 (ed. 2) 247 note, Baal-Peor in Moab was probably priapic. 1882Q. Rev. July 50 Priapic and pornographic literature.
B. n. pl. Verses of obscene nature addressed to Priapus. [med.L. priāpia.]
1865Symonds in Life (1895) I. 324 Unpardonable panderism no less odious than Latin Priapics. |