PRIAPEAN

PRONUNCIATION: (pry-uh-PEE-uhn) Listen to pronunciation

MEANING: adjective:
1. Phallic.
2. Lewd; salacious.

ETYMOLOGY: After Priapus, a god of fertility in Greek and Roman mythology. Earliest documented use: 1623.
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PERI-APEAN - all around the Gorilla House

TRI-A.P.-EAN - three news bureaus

ARIA/PÆAN - a poem of praise, set to music