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Aphrodisiac   /ˌæfroʊdˈiziæk/   Listen
Aphrodisiac

noun
1.
A drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire.





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"Aphrodisiac" Quotes from Famous Books



... with aphrodisiac qualities may act by stimulating the internal secretion of the sex glands. A type of pituitocentric has an almost uncontrollable craving for sweets. Alcohol and the ...
— The Glands Regulating Personality • Louis Berman, M.D.
... and protuberances abounded, imparted to it that suggestion of libertinism which the painter of love scenes gives to the rough sketch of his mistress. Everything about her,—her mouth, her eyes, her very plainness—was instinct with allurement and solicitation. Her person exhaled an aphrodisiac charm, which challenged and laid fast hold of the other sex. It unloosed desire, and caused an electric shock. Sensual thoughts were naturally and involuntarily aroused by her, by her gestures, her gait, her slightest movement—even by the air in which her body had left one of its undulations. ...
— Germinie Lacerteux • Edmond and Jules de Goncourt


Words linked to "Aphrodisiac" :   excitant, anaphrodisiac, stimulant, stimulant drug


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