aphrodisiac

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), from Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /æf.ɹoʊˈdi.zi.æk/, /æf.ɹoʊˈdɪ.zi.æk/ Hyphenation: aph‧ro‧di‧si‧ac === Adjective === aphrodisiac (not comparable) Arousing or intensifying sexual desire. ==== Antonyms ==== antaphrodisiac. anti-aphrodisiac ==== Translations ==== === Noun === aphrodisiac (plural aphrodisiacs) Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect. Antonyms: see Thesaurus:anaphrodisiac c. 1970, Henry Kissinger, quoted in The New York Times (28 October 1973) Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === Further reading === aphrodisiac on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “aphrodisiac”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “aphrodisiac”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.