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erotic

e·rot·ic [ i róttik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. arousing sexual feelings: arousing, or designed to arouse, feelings of sexual desire

2. marked by sexual desire: characterized by or arising out of sexual desire

[Mid-17th century. Via French< Greek erōtikos< erōs "sexual love"]

e·rot·i·cal·ly adverb
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