aphrodisiac

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), from Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”).

• IPA^(key): /æf.ɹoʊˈdi.zi.æk/, /æf.ɹoʊˈdɪ.zi.æk/

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• Hyphenation: aph‧ro‧di‧si‧ac

aphrodisiac (not comparable)

1. Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.

• antaphrodisiac. anti-aphrodisiac

aphrodisiac (plural aphrodisiacs)

1. Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:anaphrodisiac

   • c. 1970, Henry Kissinger, quoted in The New York Times (28 October 1973)

     Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

   • 1989, “Funky Cold Medina”, in Lōc’ed After Dark, performed by Tone Lōc:

     This brother told me a secret on how to get more chicks / Put a little Medina in your glass, and the girls'll come real quick / It's better than any alcohol or aphrodisiac

• Butea superba

•   aphrodisiac on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “aphrodisiac”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “aphrodisiac”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.