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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromφαλλοφόρια
- English todayphallophoria
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φαλλοφόρια (phallophória), φαλληφόρια n pl (phallēphória). By surface analysis, phallo- + -phoria.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A ceremonial procession, in honour of Dionysus, in which a phallus is carried Full definition →
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φαλλοφόρια (phallophória), φαλληφόρια n pl (phallēphória). By surface analysis, phallo- + -phoria.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.