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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: one citation from 1864 #121892 02/03/2004 1:42 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Norman Schur mentions, as a gloss, that the Bacchanalian statue was that of a large erection (nothing attached?); so in its original and literal use, ithyphallic pertained to this artifact (ithys, straight + phallos, phallus). But it came to mean "lewd, obscene, grossly indecent, shameless" in general use. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted feculence Father Steve 02/02/2004 5:27 AM Re: feculence Capfka 02/02/2004 11:07 AM Re: feculence wwh 02/02/2004 12:59 PM Re: feculence TEd Remington 02/02/2004 12:51 PM Re: feculence tsuwm 02/02/2004 2:51 PM ithyphallic consuelo 02/03/2004 12:44 AM Re: ithyphallic jheem 02/03/2004 2:05 AM Since at least 1913 consuelo 02/03/2004 11:11 AM Re: one citation from 1864 jheem 02/03/2004 1:26 PM Re: one citation from 1864 tsuwm 02/03/2004 1:42 PM Re: one citation from 1864 jheem 02/03/2004 2:42 PM Re: one citation from 1864 hibernicus 02/04/2004 2:55 PM Etymologies from Merriam Webster hibernicus 02/04/2004 3:02 PM Re: Etymologies from Merriam Webster Sparteye 02/08/2004 5:29 AM Re: one citation from 1864 Faldage 02/04/2004 3:14 PM Re: feculence Zed 02/03/2004 12:45 AM Re: feculence jheem 02/03/2004 2:52 PM Re: ithyphallic AnnaStrophic 02/03/2004 3:48 PM Re: priapismos jheem 02/04/2004 3:27 AM Re: priapismos of troy 02/04/2004 2:16 PM Re: feculence wwh 02/10/2004 2:43 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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