erotic

(ĭ-rŏt'ĭk)
adj.

1. Of or concerning sexual love and desire; amatory.
2. Tending to arouse sexual desire.
3. Dominated by sexual love or desire.

[Greek erōtikos, from erōs, erōt-, sexual love.]

erotic e·rot'ic n.
erotically e·rot'i·cal·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Of, concerning, or promoting sexual love or desire: amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, lascivious, salacious, sexual, sexy. See sex/asexual.
2. Feeling or devoted to sexual love or desire: amative, amorous, concupiscent, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, lustful, lusty, passionate, prurient, sexy. See sex/asexual.

adj

Definition: sexy
Antonyms: bland, cold, dull, frigid, unerotic

Evocative of sexual passion, from the name of the god of love in Greek mythology. Eros is not personified in Homer, although the word is used to describe the sexual desire that drives Paris to Helen, and Zeus to Hera. Hesiod describes Eros as the god who 'loosens the limbs and damages the mind', and makes him (together with Earth and Tartarus) the oldest of the gods and all powerful.

The Greek philosopher Parmenides makes Eros (the power of love) that which joins contrasting things together. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that love for the Greeks was a binding force in their physics. Magnets (lodestones) were described as male and female; according to Pliny (Natural History, 36. 126–30) strong magnets are male and weak magnets female. Plato discourses upon Eros in the Symposium and Phaedrus. See also aphrodisiacs.

(Published 1987)

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IN BRIEF: Arousing feelings of desire adj. - Giving pleasure.

Tutor's tip: The audience was "erratic" (moving unevenly) leaving the theater after watching an "erotic" (relating to or arousing sexual desires or feelings) film.

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For a list of words related to erotic, see:

• Vulgar, Rude, Degenerate, or Wild
• Sexuality and Libido - erotic: (adj) pertaining to sexual love; strongly sexual

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See words rhyming with "erotic."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - erotisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
erotisch, erotisch gedicht/ verhaal/persoon

Français (French)
adj. - érotique
n. - érotique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - erotisch
n. - Mensch mit starkem Geschlechtstrieb

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ερωτικός, λάγνος, σεξουαλικός
n. - ερωτικό ποίημα

Italiano (Italian)
erotico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - erótico

Русский (Russian)
эротический, чувственный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - erótico
n. - erótico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - erotisk
n. - erotiker

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
性爱的, 色情的, 性欲的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 性愛的, 色情的, 性欲的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 색정적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 性愛の, 好色な, エロティックな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مثير للشهوة الجنسيه, جنسي (الاسم) الشهواني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮תשוקתי, ארוטי‬

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