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ithyphallic

/ith-uh-fal-ik/US // ˌɪθ əˈfæl ɪk //UK // (ˌɪθɪˈfælɪk) //

它的金属性,它的金属性的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the phallus carried in ancient festivals of Bacchus.
    • : grossly indecent; obscene.
    • : Classical Prosody. noting or pertaining to any of several meters employed in hymns sung in Bacchic processions.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a poem in ithyphallic meter.
    • : an indecent poem.

Examples

  • A composite metre, an anapaestic paroemiac followed by a trochaic ithyphallic.

  • The ithyphallic, which was marked by a succession of three trochees at the end of the line, was the most distinguished.

  • Ithyphallic, ith-i-fal′ik, adj. pertaining to certain rites: obscene.

  • No ithyphallic 165images or figures of gods have been found.

  • Represented as ithyphallic, with two tall plumes on his head, the right arm upraised and bearing a scourge.