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spintrian

/ˈspɪntɹɪən/

spintrian adjective: of or pertaining to sex or fornication (especially homosexual) between three or more people.

Adjective

spintrian (comparative more spintrian, superlative most spintrian)

  1. Of or pertaining to sex or fornication (especially homosexual) between three or more people.
    • There is a Pompeiian fresco with a spintrian grouping of three, composed of a heterosexual couple similar to that in scenes 7-15 (see n.48, above) with the addition of a male-male joining; see Maulucci Vivolo, Pompei i graffiti, 118.2001, Bette Talvacchia, Taking positions: on the erotic in Renaissance culture, →ISBN, page 250

Forms of spintrian

comparativemore spintrian
superlativemost spintrian

Origin of spintrian

From Latin spintria (“male prostitute”), from Ancient Greek σφιγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “something which binds”), referring to the anal sphincter.

Questions about spintrian

What does spintrian mean?
Spintrian means of or pertaining to sex or fornication (especially homosexual) between three or more people.
What part of speech is spintrian?
Spintrian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce spintrian?
Spintrian is pronounced /ˈspɪntɹɪən/.

Words near spintrian in the dictionary

  1. spinto
  2. spintos
  3. spintrap
  4. spintrapping
  5. spintraps
  6. spintrian
  7. spintronic
  8. spintronics
  9. spinturnicid
  10. spinturnicids
  11. spinula

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