erotica
/ɪˈɹɒt.ɪkə/
erotica noun: erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
Noun
erotica (countable and uncountable, plural eroticas)
- Erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
- There's a fine line between erotica and pornography.
- In fact, eighteenth-century British erotica has been the subject of unremitting attention for the last two decades.2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 114
- A work of erotica.
- Rather a principal avenue of traffic and distribution of eroticas is the social network of age-peers ([…]).1970 September, The Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, page 224
- Some films advertised as minor eroticas are so much in demand by the paying public and these have overshadowed the value of a few seminars which seem to draw only the scholars and the film theorists.1977, Link: Indian Newsmagazine, volume 19, page 5
erotica meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Kannada and Arabic
erotica in Urdu
- جنسی ادب, جنسی تصاویر
erotica in Bengali
- erotic literature or art
- কামোদ্দীপক সৃষ্টিকর্ম kamōddipok sriśṭikormo
erotica in Kannada
- ಕಾಮೋದ್ದೀಪಕ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಕಾಮ ಪ್ರಚೋದಕ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಕಾಮಕಲೆ, ಕಾಮಚಿತ್ರ, ಕಾಮಶಿಲ್ಪ, ಕಾಮಪುಸ್ತಕ
erotica in Arabic
- erotic literature or art
- شَبَقِيَّة šabaqiyya
Examples of erotica in a sentence
- Tilson carries work by the late John Lennon, including lithographs, a few signed eroticas and republished drawings.1993, Milwaukee Magazine, volume 18, page 66:
- Though the poetic work of Bhikṣu Padmaśrī, Nāgarasarvasva is an erotica, the writer has not followed Vätsyāyana in his work, rather, he has followed Bharata Muni.2001, Sumati Mutatkar, Suṣamā-kalāśrīḥ: Gems of Literature & Arts, Eastern Book Linkers, page 262:
- His costume dramas (including eroticas) are all imprinted with the hallmark of this spectacular and lyrical “dream factory” of classical China.2019, Mia Yinxing Liu, “Introduction”, in Literati Lenses: Wenren Landscape in Chinese Cinema of the Mao Era, Honolulu, Haw.: University of...
Forms of erotica
| plural | eroticas |
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Origin of erotica
From neuter plural of Latin eroticus (“amatory”), from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós). By surface analysis, erotic + -ica.
Words formed from erotica
Questions about erotica
- What does erotica mean?
- Erotica means erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
- What is erotica in Urdu?
- Erotica in Urdu is جنسی ادب, جنسی تصاویر. See Erotica meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use erotica in a sentence?
- Tilson carries work by the late John Lennon, including lithographs, a few signed eroticas and republished drawings.
- What part of speech is erotica?
- Erotica is a noun.
- How do you pronounce erotica?
- Erotica is pronounced /ɪˈɹɒt.ɪkə/.
- What is the plural of erotica?
- The plural of erotica is eroticas.
Words near erotica in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: erotica (page history and authors); erotica (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); erotica (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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