priapic
adjective
pri·a·pic
prī-ˈā-pik 
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1
: phallic
2
: relating to or preoccupied with virility or male sexual excitement
Examples of priapic in a Sentence
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Thus Will delves into an earlier period of gay life, one in which secrecy often acted as an aphrodisiac, via Charles’s diaries detailing his priapic days as a student at Winchester College and then Oxford, as a government official in Sudan and beyond.
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June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
Bane the sadsack, Bane the priapic colossus.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
Lingas are stone fertility symbols representing the god Shiva, carved in the form of priapic domes.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2023
Who, apart from the most puritanical and earnest among us, isn’t gripped by the dalliances of an older, powerful, priapic man and a younger, attractive, highly ambitious woman?
—Lara Prendergast, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
But despite his waxworks appearance, pre-Weinsteinian penchant for priapic innuendo and lingering criminal trials, Mr. Berlusconi, a former Italian prime minister, is no longer the joke of European politics.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018
Primitive humans once celebrated May 1 with fertility rituals — think maidens with garlands dancing around a priapic maypole.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2018
There is the occasional priapic silliness and the title is unwieldy if not awful.
—The Economist, 13 July 2017
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June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
Bane the sadsack, Bane the priapic colossus.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
Lingas are stone fertility symbols representing the god Shiva, carved in the form of priapic domes.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2023
Who, apart from the most puritanical and earnest among us, isn’t gripped by the dalliances of an older, powerful, priapic man and a younger, attractive, highly ambitious woman?
—Lara Prendergast, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
But despite his waxworks appearance, pre-Weinsteinian penchant for priapic innuendo and lingering criminal trials, Mr. Berlusconi, a former Italian prime minister, is no longer the joke of European politics.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2018
Primitive humans once celebrated May 1 with fertility rituals — think maidens with garlands dancing around a priapic maypole.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2018
There is the occasional priapic silliness and the title is unwieldy if not awful.
—The Economist, 13 July 2017
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Word History
Etymology
Latin priapus lecher, from Priapus
First Known Use
1786, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Dictionary Entries Near priapic
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“Priapic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/priapic. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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