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ithyphallic

ith·y·phal·lic [ ìthə fállik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. showing erect penis in art: in sculpture, painting, or other art, having or showing an erect penis

2. in meter used in Bacchic hymns: relating to or composed in the meter used in hymns to the ancient Greek god Bacchus



noun  (plural ith·y·phal·lics)
Definition:
 
poem: a poem composed in ithyphallic meter

[Early 17th century. < late Latin ithyphallicus< Greek ithuphallos "phallus carried in procession at festivals of Bacchus," literally "straight phallus"]
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