priapean
1 of 2noun
pri·a·pe·an
¦prīə¦pēən
variants or Priapean
plural -s
often capitalized
: a verse in classical poetry composed of a glyconic followed by a pherecratic
Priapean
2 of 2adjective
Pri·a·pe·an
¦prīə¦pēən
1
: priapic
2
or priapean : of or relating to a priapean
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Late Latin priapeius (from Latin, of Priapus) + English -an; from the meter having been used in Roman poems to Priapus
Adjective
Latin priapeius of or relating to Priapus (from Greek priapeios of Priapus, from Priapos Priapus, Greco-Roman god of procreation and fertility) + English -an