Ithyphallic (adj/noun)
ith-i-fal-ik
Of or relating to the phallus carried in ancient festivals of Bacchus. / Grossly indecent; obscene.
A poem in ithyphallic meter. / An indecent poem.
1605–15; Late Latin īthyphallicus Greek īthyphallikós, equivalent to īthý(s) straight, erect + phall(ós) phallus + -ikos-ic
Example sentences
“His ithyphallic paintings offended everyone who entered the gallery.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
