What is "aphrodisiac"

Usage examples of "aphrodisiac".

Eight hundred people could comfortably take their pleasure in the natatorium, bathe in the warm waters believed to have antiaging and aphrodisiac properties, or simply indulge in alcohol and narcotics and socialize with their peers throughout the long and sweltering nights.

The consomme might be a diversion, but Miss Parr did not seem to understand that anticipation was the real aphrodisiac.

A hormone known only to the Wolf Breeds and a high level of the aphrodisiac reported to run only through the blood of mated females.

They, of course, were not the ones who had given that thundering market its bad reputation but more recent peddlers who made illegal sales of all kinds of questionable merchandise smuggled in on European ships, from obscene postcards and aphrodisiac ointments to the famous Catalonian condoms with iguana crests that fluttered when circumstances required or with flowers at the tip that would open their petals at the will of the user.

Every once in a while the air shifted and she caught the scent of Eros, his skin a tempting aphrodisiac to her senses.

That brief movement of her lips against his was like the headiest aphrodisiac.

We repeat, however, that books, films, spools, and exhibits on such subjects as shoplifting, explosives, safe-cracking, mental-suggestion, seduction, death rays, hypnotism, aphrodisiacs, sabotage, secret jujitsu blows, and undetectable murder methods are forbidden under a law which has just been enacted.

And did I ever tell you that my manroot responds to your sharp tongue and flashing eyes as if it had been dosed with an aphrodisiac?

There were market boats moored along the levee of the river, come to bring fish and shellfish, venison, rabbits, squirrel, raccoons, opossums, and robins, black birds, pigeons, and the small plovers called papabottes, known for their aphrodisiac qualities among Creole gentlemen, plus vegetables tied in bundles or heaped in baskets, and exotic fruits from the West Indies.

Thus you are not ignorant of the singularly aphrodisiac effect produced by the Nepeta cataria, vulgarly called catmint, on the feline race.

The outspread aphrodisiacs chilled, refusing the night breeze their savor.

Afterwards it became apparent that the camel must have gotten into the aphrodisiacs, for one of the bottles was pashed as if by a hoof, with only a scummy licked patch showing where its leaked contents had been, and two of the small clay jars were vanished entirely.

The chest of aphrodisiacs, the cup, and the tattered shroud were bundled back onto the camel, which was still busy ogling the mare and smacking its great leathery lips.

She wasn’t a strong telepath, and with aphrodisiacs muddling her mind, she would have trouble distinguishing individual minds.

The stuff was probably loaded with aphrodisiacs, but what the hell, she thought.