pornographic

adjective

por·​no·​graph·​ic ¦pȯ(r)nə¦grafik 

-fēk

: of or relating to licentious art or literature : pandering to base appetite or desire : descriptive or suggestive of lewdness : obscene

only the prurient could consider the sequence pornographic

—A. L. Mayer

merely gross, a scatological rather than a pornographic impropriety

—Aldous Huxley

pornographically

-fə̇k(ə)lē 

-fēk-, 

-li

adverb

Word History

Etymology

pornography + -ic

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Rhymes for pornographic

• autographic
• biographic
• calligraphic
• cartographic
• cryptographic
• demographic
• epigraphic
• ethnographic
• geographic
• holographic
• hydrographic
• lithographic