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单词 antaphroditic
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antaphroditicadj.n.

Forms:

α. 1700s antaphroditick, 1700s–1900s antaphroditic.

β. 1700s antiaphroditick, 1800s–1900s antiaphroditic (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin antaphroditicus; Latin antaphroditicum.
Etymology: As adjective < post-classical Latin antaphroditicus (not directly attested except as implied by the noun, see below) < ant- , variant (before a vowel) of anti- anti- prefix + ancient Greek Ἀϕροδίτη , the name of the goddess of love (see Aphrodite n.1) + classical Latin -icus -ic suffix. As noun < post-classical Latin antaphroditicum remedy for venereal disease (1676 or earlier), use as noun of neuter of antaphroditicus.With β. forms compare anti- prefix.
Medicine. Obsolete. rare.
A. adj.
Used to treat venereal disease; = antivenereal adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [adjective] > for venereal disease or syphilis
antivenereal1676
venerial17..
antaphroditic1704
antiaphrodisiac1724
antisyphilitic1876
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Antaphroditick medicines, are such as are used for the French-Pox.
a1760 C. Alston Lect. Materia Medica (1770) II. lxix. 335 It [sc. cannabis] is antacrid and anodyne; called antaphroditic; and commended for coughs, heat of urine, gonorrhœa, &c.
1816 Colonial Jrnl. Dec. 319 It is also asserted that it [sc. Coca] cures the fever and ague, and is highly antaphroditic.
B. n.
A medicinal agent used to treat venereal disease; (also) a medicinal agent used to suppress sexual desire (cf. anaphrodisiac n., antiaphrodisiac n.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > anaphrodisiac
antaphroditic1706
antiaphrodisiac1761
anaphrodisiac1865
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for venereal disease or syphilis
antaphroditic1706
antiaphrodisiac1761
antisyphilitic1830
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Antaphroditicks, medicines that are us'd against the French Pox.
1707 Glossographia Anglicana Nova Antiaphroditicks, are Medicines that lay Lust.
1865 W. Paine Med. Properties Concentrated Medicines 167 The catkins of the pussy willow in gin, are an antaphroditic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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adj.n.1704
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