aphrodisiac
Syllables: aph·ro·di·si·ac/æf.ɹoʊˈdi.zi.æk/
aphrodisiac adjective: arousing or intensifying sexual desire.
Adjective
aphrodisiac (not comparable)
- Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.
- Cognac, with the addition of a little paprika and the yolk of an egg, is considered an effective aphrodisiac aid.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 156
- Throughout recorded history, people have searched for the perfect herb, drug, or food to increase sexual desire, arousal, and performance. In their quest, they've amassed an exhaustive list of substances that purportedly have aphrodisiac properties.2003, Hilda Hutcherson, “Sexual Enhancers”, in What Your Mother Never Told You about Sex, Perigee, →ISBN, pages 169–170
Noun
aphrodisiac (plural aphrodisiacs)
- Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.
- Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.c. 1970, Henry Kissinger, quoted in The New York Times (28 October 1973)
- This brother told me a secret on how to get more chicks / Put a little Medina in your glass, and the girls'll come real quick / It's better than any alcohol or aphrodisiac1989, “Funky Cold Medina”, in Lōc’ed After Dark, performed by Tone Lōc
- Antonyms:
- anaphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac, antiaphrodisiac, anti-Viagra, boner-killer, lust-quencher, passion killer, passion-queller, turn-off
aphrodisiac meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
aphrodisiac in Tamil
- இணைவிழைச்சினைத் தூண்டுகிற மருந்து, சிற்றின்ப நுகர்ச்சியைத் தூண்டும் பொருள், இணைவிழைச்சுக்கு உரிய, பாலுணர்ச்சி ஊக்கி, பாலுணர்வு ஊக்கி, இரத விருத்தி
aphrodisiac in Urdu
- شہوت انگیز
aphrodisiac in Malayalam
- love potion, philtre
- സംയോഗാസക്തി ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്ന ഔഷധം, കാമവികാരം ഉണർത്തുന്ന ഔഷധം, ലെെംഗികവികാരം ജനപ്പിക്കുന്ന വസ്തു, വശീകരണൗഷധം, വൃഷ്യയോഗം, വൃഷ്യൗഷധം
- erotic, sexy, sexually arousing
- കാമോദ്ദീപക, മദന, കാമമുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, വിഷയാസക്തി വർദ്ധിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, രതിസംബന്ധമായ, കാമപരമായ
aphrodisiac in Kannada
- ಕಾಮೋತ್ತೇಜಕ, ಕಾಮೋದ್ದೀಪಕ
More languagesFewer languages
- aphrodisiac in Indonesian
- afrodisiak
Examples of aphrodisiac in a sentence
- The best-known aphrodisiac is Spanish fly, which is made from the wings of the blister beetle.
- The aroma given off by flowers has an aphrodisiac effect, especially on women.
- Deer sperm was in used among the Romans as an aphrodisiac.
Antonyms of aphrodisiac
- anaphrodisiac
- antaphrodisiac
- antiaphrodisiac
- anti-Viagra
- boner-killer
- lust-quencher
- passion killer
- passion-queller
- turn-off
- anti-aphrodisiac
Forms of aphrodisiac
| plural | aphrodisiacs |
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Origin of aphrodisiac
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), from Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”).
Words formed from aphrodisiac
Questions about aphrodisiac
- What does aphrodisiac mean?
- Aphrodisiac means arousing or intensifying sexual desire.
- What is aphrodisiac in Tamil?
- Aphrodisiac in Tamil is இணைவிழைச்சினைத் தூண்டுகிற மருந்து, சிற்றின்ப நுகர்ச்சியைத் தூண்டும் பொருள், இணைவிழைச்சுக்கு உரிய. See Aphrodisiac meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aphrodisiac?
- Aphrodisiac can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce aphrodisiac?
- Aphrodisiac is pronounced /æf.ɹoʊˈdi.zi.æk/.
Words near aphrodisiac in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aphrodisiac (page history and authors); aphrodisiac (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aphrodisiac (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aphrodisiac (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); aphrodisiac (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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