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Aphrodisiacal

Aphrodisiac \Aph`ro*dis"i*ac\, Aphrodisiacal \Aph`ro*di*si"a*cal\, a. [Gr. ? pertaining to sensual love, fr. ?. See Aphrodite.] Exciting venereal desire; stimulating the desire for sexual gratification.

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aphrodisiacal

a. (alternative spelling of aphrodisiac English)

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aphrodisiacal

adj. exciting sexual desire [syn: aphrodisiac, sexy] [ant: anaphrodisiac]

Usage examples of "aphrodisiacal".

When one finds them driven to frenzies by the merits of the saints, and weeping over the sorrows of the heathen, and rushing out to haul the whole vicinage up to grace, and spending hours on their knees in hysterical abasement before the heavenly throne, it is quite safe to assume, even without an actual visit, that the ecclesiastic who has worked the miracle is a fair and toothsome fellow, and a good deal more aphrodisiacal than learned.

He stopped himself from saying what popped into his mind, that McCoy's deflowered virgin had apparently heard of the aphrodisiacal virtues of oysters.