erogenous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love”) +‎ -genous (“producing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈɹɒd͡ʒɪnəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adjective

erogenous (comparative more erogenous, superlative most erogenous)

Sensitive to sexual arousal.
- 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance (paperback), Fourth Estate, page 254:
  His neck, shoulders, upper back, and spine were erogenous zones.
Causing sexual arousal; erotogenic.
give him an erogenous massage

Related terms

erogenous zone

Translations

sensitive to sexual arousal

Chinese:
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Czech: erotogenní (cs)
Dutch: erogeen (nl)
Finnish: erogeeninen
French: érogène (fr)
German: erogen (de)
Italian: erogeno
Portuguese: erógeno (pt)
Romanian: erogen
Russian: эроге́нный (ru) (erogénnyj)
Slovene: erogen
Spanish: erógeno (es)
Swedish: erogen (sv)

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