erotic
/ɪˈɹɒtɪk/ih-RO-tik
/ɪˈɹɑtɪk/ih-RAH-tik
Meaningof desire
Common meaning: of sexual desire
- erotdesire, loveLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 317 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√RA‘rest, to be delighted, to love’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 289, p. 740 · scan
- Greekἔρως, ἔρωτος‘desire, love’
- Englisherotic‘of sexual desire’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ἔρως ‘desire, love’.
Roots
- ἔρως, ἔρωτος Greek “desire, love”
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