Synonyms for erotics
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-rot-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrɒt ɪk |
Définition of erotics
Origin :- 1620s (implied in erotical), from French érotique (16c.), from Greek erotikos "caused by passionate love, referring to love," from eros (genitive erotos) "sexual love" (see Eros).
- As in aphrodisiac : adj seductive; inducing sex
- Socrates described his philosophy as the science of erotics.
- Extract from : « A Problem in Greek Ethics » by John Addington Symonds
- Much of their erotics she only half understood, but that made it all the more lovely.
- Extract from : « Tales of Two Countries » by Alexander Kielland
- To prove this with all the rigidity of demonstration desirable is in the present state of erotics beyond our power.
- Extract from : « The Soul of the Far East » by Percival Lowell
- As Frenchmen, they thought little about marrying, but as young Parisians they led a life into which erotics entered largely.
- Extract from : « Tales of Two Countries » by Alexander Kielland
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