Meanings
adjectiveaphrodisiacal (comparative more aphrodisiacal, superlative most aphrodisiacal)
comparative more aphrodisiacal · superlative most aphrodisiacal
- Of or relating to an aphrodisiac; having aphrodisiac properties.
Hindu women make a powder of an aphrodisiacal nature by frying the genital organs of male turtles, which they also use for enchantments.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 162
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivestimulating sexual desire
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