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Aristophanic

Aristophanic adjective: aristophanean.

Adjective

Aristophanic (comparative more Aristophanic, superlative most Aristophanic)

  1. Aristophanean
    • In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii

Forms of Aristophanic

comparativemore Aristophanic
superlativemost Aristophanic

Origin of Aristophanic

From the Latin Aristophanicus.

Words formed from Aristophanic

Questions about Aristophanic

What does Aristophanic mean?
Aristophanic means aristophanean.
What part of speech is Aristophanic?
Aristophanic is an adjective.

Words near Aristophanic in the dictionary

  1. aristophagist
  2. aristophagists
  3. Aristophanean
  4. Aristophanes
  5. Aristophanian
  6. Aristophanic
  7. Aristophanic man
  8. Aristophanist
  9. Aristophanists
  10. aristophrenic
  11. Aristopia

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