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Antaphrodisiac

Antaphrodisiac \Ant`aph*ro*dis"i*ac\, a. [Pref. anti- + aphrodisiac.] (Med.) Capable of blunting the venereal appetite. -- n. Anything that quells the venereal appetite.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
antaphrodisiac

1742 (adj.), 1753 (n.), "used against venereal disease;" see anti- + aphrodisiac.

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antaphrodisiac

a. capable of reducing the sex drive. n. A substance capable of reducing (inhibiting or eliminating) the sex drive/libido.

Usage examples of "antaphrodisiac".

Furthermore, deep stirrings within my own person are by no means absent: a consequence of my abstention, opium in all its forms being an antaphrodisiac, counteracting venereal desire.