Meanings
nounhomoerotica (uncountable)
- uncountableHomosexual erotica.
His most radical legacy is having seduced a heterosexual public with soft-core homoerotica.
2007 March 11, Horacio Silva, “Muscle Man”, in New York Times1 more example
Pet Shop Boys are actually the late-'80s equivalent of Soft Cell, a synth-pop duo from England with a penchant for dance beats and homoerotica-infused lyrics.
1988 December 18, Christopher Wittke, “Why I Loved Marc Almond From The Minute I First Read About Him”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 23, page 11
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Hellenic*homós
- Ancient Greekὁμός (homós)
- Germanhomo-
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsexuālis
- Germansexual
- Germanhomosexua
- Englishhomosexualbf.
- Englishhomo-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rem-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rém-e-tider.?
- Ancient Greekἐράω (eráō)
- Ancient Greekἔρως (érōs)
- Ancient Greekἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
- Latinerōtica
- Englisherotica
- Englishhomoerotica
Cite this entry
APA
homoerotica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homoerotica
MLA
“homoerotica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homoerotica. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homoerotica,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homoerotica.
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