aphrodisiaque
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.fʁɔ.di.zjak/
Adjective
aphrodisiaque (plural aphrodisiaques)
- aphrodisiac (intensifying sexual desire)
- 1895, R. von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis:
- Premier degré: Inversion simple du sens sexuel. Ce degré est atteint quand une personne du même sexe produit sur un individu un effet aphrodisiaque, et que ce dernier éprouve pour l’autre un sentiment sexuel.
- First degree: Simple inversion of the sexual sense. This degree is attained when a person of the same sex produces an aphrodisiac effect, and that this latter experiences for the other a sexual feeling.
Further reading
- “aphrodisiaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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