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| ith·y·phal·lic [ ìthə fállik ] |
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1. showing erect penis in art: in sculpture, painting, or other art, having or showing an erect penis
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2. in meter used in Bacchic hymns: relating to or composed in the meter used in hymns to the ancient Greek god Bacchus
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noun (plural ith·y·phal·lics) |
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poem: a poem composed in ithyphallic meter
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| [Early 17th century. < late Latin ithyphallicus< Greek ithuphallos "phallus carried in procession at festivals of Bacchus," literally "straight phallus"] |
