pornographicaladj.
/ˌpɔːnəˈɡrafᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌpɔrnəˈɡræfək(ə)l/ = pornographic adj.figurative in quot. 1968.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > pornographic
pornographic1852
pornographical1889
pornograph1893
pornographico-devotional1939
perv1942
porno1952
porny1956
jack-off1967
triple-X1969
XXX1969
1889 F. A. Marshall Introd., Measure for Measure in H. Irving & F. A. Marshall Wks. Shakespeare V. 169/2 That Lais-worship and deep pornographical science which serve as substitutes for religion and morality on the Paris stage.
1907 Mod. Lang. Notes 22 204/2 Such a piece of pornographical literature as the Ragionamenti.
1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v Desire urges us to possess;..loathing urges us to abandon... The arts which excite them, pornographical or didactic, are therefore improper arts.
1968 Economist 7 Dec. 79/3 Facing the exchange rate problem, he maintained, does not mean that ‘pornographical financial thoughts are being harboured’.
1997 New Yorker 17 Feb. 28/3 A focus-puller at a London movie studio who moonlights as a pornographical still-photographer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1889