erotic
adjective/ɪˈrɒtɪk/
/ɪˈrɑːtɪk/
- showing or involving sexual desire and pleasure; intended to make somebody feel sexual desire
- erotic art
- an erotic fantasy
- There were some overtly erotic scenes in the film.
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French érotique, from Greek erōtikos, from erōs, erōt- ‘sexual love’.Definitions on the go
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