ithyphallic

ithyphallic
/ith'euh fal"ik/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to the phallus carried in ancient festivals of Bacchus.
2. grossly indecent; obscene.
3. Class. Pros. noting or pertaining to any of several meters employed in hymns sung in Bacchic processions.
n.
4. a poem in ithyphallic meter.
5. an indecent poem.
[1605-15; < LL ithyphallicus < Gk ithyphallikós, equiv. to ithý(s) straight, erect + phall(ós) PHALLUS + -ikos -IC]

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