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Playboyian

Playboyian adjective: related to or reminiscent of the pornographic magazine Playboy.

Adjective

Playboyian (not comparable)

  1. Related to or reminiscent of the pornographic magazine Playboy.
    • Most magazine and journal articles about Playboy range from loudly displeased to vitriolic. What these critics have almost wholeheartedly found fault with have been those Playboyian values of sex differing from their own1969, Walter M. Gerson, Social Problems in a Changing World: A Comparative Reader
    • Extravagantly romantic settings complete with strategically placed scarves, diaphanous negligees, erotically-smeared lipstick and, of course, those Playboyian models with their blemish-free bodies and expressions of detached pre-occupation.1976 January 31, Regina Kahney, “The Number One Male Fantasy Hits The Martini Table”, in Gay Community News, page 16

Origin of Playboyian

From Playboy + -ian.

Questions about Playboyian

What does Playboyian mean?
Playboyian means related to or reminiscent of the pornographic magazine Playboy.
What part of speech is Playboyian?
Playboyian is an adjective.

Words near Playboyian in the dictionary

  1. playboxes
  2. playboy
  3. Playboy Bunnies
  4. Playboy Bunny
  5. Playboyesque
  6. Playboyian
  7. playboyish
  8. playboyism
  9. playboys
  10. playbroker
  11. playbrokers

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