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aphrodisiacal

aphrodisiacal adjective: of or relating to an aphrodisiac; having aphrodisiac properties.

Adjective

aphrodisiacal (comparative more aphrodisiacal, superlative most aphrodisiacal)

  1. Of or relating to an aphrodisiac; having aphrodisiac properties.
    • Hindu women make a powder of an aphrodisiacal nature by frying the genital organs of male turtles, which they also use for enchantments.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 162

Forms of aphrodisiacal

comparativemore aphrodisiacal
superlativemost aphrodisiacal

Origin of aphrodisiacal

From aphrodisiac + -al.

Questions about aphrodisiacal

What does aphrodisiacal mean?
Aphrodisiacal means of or relating to an aphrodisiac; having aphrodisiac properties.
What part of speech is aphrodisiacal?
Aphrodisiacal is an adjective.

Words near aphrodisiacal in the dictionary

  1. aphredoderids
  2. aphrenia
  3. aphrite
  4. aphrodisia
  5. aphrodisiac
  6. aphrodisiacal
  7. aphrodisiacally
  8. aphrodisiacs
  9. Aphrodisian
  10. Aphrodisias
  11. aphrodisiomania

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