The Collaborative International Dictionary
Priapean \Pri`a*pe"an\, n. [Cf. L. Priapeius pertaining to
Priapus.] (Lat. Pros.)
A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be
divisible into two portions of three feet each, having
generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an
amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular
hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into
two portions of three feet each.
--Andrews.
Usage examples of "priapean".
The two hands were priapean -- naked human figures: a large male with enormous phallus and a smaller female with legs spread wide.
The two hands were priapean — naked human figures: a large male with enormous phallus and a smaller female with legs spread wide.
The sight and touch of the Priapean object induced a wild pantomime of devotion, an obscene reverence to the maleness of the Harvest Lord.