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triphallic

triphallic adjective: having three penises.

Adjective

triphallic

  1. Having three penises.
    • In his festivals, he further tells us, a water-pitcher was carried, as emblematic of his nature and powers, together with leaves of the fig-tree, for an equally obvious reason, while in his statue he was represented triphallic.1853, Leopold Hartley Grindon, The Sexuality of Nature, page 15
    • [...] and again this is an opportunity for an obscene remark on their virility (Cantharus and his gang are triphallic).1976, Graham Anderson, Studies in Lucian's Comic Fiction, page 103

Origin of triphallic

From tri- + phallic.

Questions about triphallic

What does triphallic mean?
Triphallic means having three penises.
What part of speech is triphallic?
Triphallic is an adjective.

Words near triphallic in the dictionary

  1. tripfags
  2. tripflare
  3. tripflares
  4. Tripgate
  5. triphalangeal
  6. triphallic
  7. triphammer
  8. triphammers
  9. triphane
  10. triphanes
  11. triphase

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