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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ITHYPHALLIC

From Late Latin, from Greek ithuphallikos, from ithuphallos erect phallus, from ithus straight + phallosphallus.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ITHYPHALLIC

ithyphallic  [ˌɪθɪˈfælɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ITHYPHALLIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ithyphallic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ITHYPHALLIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ithyphallic

Phallus

A phallus is a penis, especially when erect, a penis-shaped object, or a mimetic image of an erect penis. Any object that symbolically resembles a penis may also be referred to as a phallus; however, such objects are more often referred to as being phallic. Such symbols often represent the fertility and cultural implications that are associated with the male sexual organ, as well as the male orgasm.

Definition of ithyphallic in the English dictionary

The first definition of ithyphallic in the dictionary is of or relating to the usual metre in hymns to Bacchus. Other definition of ithyphallic is of or relating to the phallus carried in the ancient festivals of Bacchus. Ithyphallic is also having or showing an erect penis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ITHYPHALLIC


brachiocephalic
ˌbreɪkɪəsɪˈfælɪk
brachycephalic
ˌbrækɪsɪˈfælɪk
cephalic
sɪˈfælɪk
diencephalic
ˌdaɪensɪˈfælɪk
dolichocephalic
ˌdɒlɪkəʊsɪˈfælɪk
encephalic
ˌɛnsɪˈfælɪk
leptocephalic
ˌlɛptəʊsɪˈfælɪk
macrocephalic
ˌmækrəʊsɪˈfælɪk
megacephalic
ˌmɛɡəsɪˈfælɪk
mesencephalic
ˌmɛsɛnsɪˈfælɪk
mesocephalic
ˌmɛsəʊsɪˈfælɪk
metencephalic
ˌmɛtɛnsɪˈfælɪk
microcephalic
ˌmaɪkrəʊsɪˈfælɪk
orthocephalic
ˌɔːθəʊsɪˈfælɪk
oxycephalic
ˌɒksɪsɪˈfælɪk
platycephalic
ˌplætɪsɪˈfælɪk
procephalic
ˌprəʊsɪˈfælɪk
prosencephalic
ˌprɒsɛnsɪˈfælɪk
rhinencephalic
ˌraɪnɛnsɪˈfælɪk
telencephalic
ˌtɛlɛnsɪˈfælɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ITHYPHALLIC

iterative
iteratively
iterativeness
iteroparity
iteroparous
iterum
Ithaca
Ithacan
ither
Ithunn
ithyphalli
ithyphallus
itineracy
itinerancy
itinerant
itinerantly
itineraries
itinerary
itinerate
itineration

WORDS THAT END LIKE ITHYPHALLIC

bimetallic
Cyrillic
gallic
heterothallic
homothallic
intermetallic
intervallic
medallic
metallic
monometallic
multimetallic
nonmetallic
organometallic
phallic
prothallic
pyrogallic
semicrystallic
semimetallic
symmetallic
thallic

Synonyms and antonyms of ithyphallic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ithyphallic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ITHYPHALLIC

Find out the translation of ithyphallic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ithyphallic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ithyphallic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ithyphallic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

itifálico
570 millions of speakers

English

ithyphallic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ithyphallic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ithyphallic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ithyphallic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

itifálico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্রীক-দেবতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ithyphallic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ithyphallic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ithyphallischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

淫猥な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ithyphallic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ithyphallic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ithyphallic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழங்கால ரோமாபுரி மதுத் தெய்வ விழாவில் இலிங்க உரு சார்ந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ithyphallic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ithyphallic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ithyphallic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ithyphallic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ithyphallic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ithyphallic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ithyphallic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ithyphallic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ithyphallic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ithyphallic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ithyphallic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ITHYPHALLIC»

The term «ithyphallic» is normally little used and occupies the 138.120 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ITHYPHALLIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ithyphallic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ITHYPHALLIC»

Discover the use of ithyphallic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ithyphallic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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History of Indian Theatre
On an Indus seal, a horned ithyphallic deity in yogic posture surrounded by wild animals is engraved (Pl. 79). Scholars describe him as a Pashupati Shiva, an appellation found later in the Aitareya Brahmana (3.33). We have already referred to ...
M. L. Varad Pande, Manohar Laxman Varadpande, 1987
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The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe: 7000 to 3500 BC Myths, ...
The ithyphallic masked god The ecstatic dancer, goat- or bull-masked, as seen in the Vinca sculptural repertory, can be interpreted as a representation of either an archetypal Dionysus or an excited worshipper of the Great 227 Goddess.
Marija Gimbutas, 1974
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Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas from Egypt
Yet in an earlier relief plaque the ithyphallic boy is represented with a kantharos ( Dunand 1990, No. 249) in imitation of the Rho- dian prototype; and a wine jar may appear also elsewhere in the context of types deriving from the phallophoria,  ...
László Török, 1995
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The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina: Early Evidence of Egyptian ...
Among the Alexandrian bone tesserae which we have discussed there are some which carry the inscription Pamyles. These depict either a shrine with two mummiform images or an ithyphallic dwarf with a very large penis18. It seems then that ...
P. G. P. Meyboom, 1995
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Gerardus Joannes Vossius: Poeticarum Institutionum Libri ...
§§1—2 Aristotle (Poetica) traces the origin of comedy to the ithyphallic song, as does Viperano, De poetica 2, 12, p. 112: ibam [sc. comoediam] aliqui ex ithyphallicis profectam volunt Sane olim Athenienses i...i (P0111011 [...] tum publicis in ...
Jan Bloemendal, 2010
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Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience
For circumcision among Ethiopians, see Herodotus 2.104 and Josephus Contra Apionem 1.169 and for a bronze of an ithyphallic, circumcised Negro see A. Michaelis, "Eine alexandrinische Erzfigur der Goetheschen Sammlung," Jahrbuch ...
Frank M. Snowden, 1970
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Remembering Osiris: Number, Gender, and the Word in Ancient ...
There, the pharaoh stretches his legs wide as he runs the legendary course of the Heb-Sed ritual while the ithyphallic Min or Amun watches to the right.77 More striking still are the many representations of pharaoh before an ithyphallic ...
Tom Hare, 1999
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Albums Produced by Neil Kernon: Ithyphallic, Zero Order ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books Group, LLC Books, 2010
9
The Enigmatic Netherworld Books of the Solar-Osirian Unity: ...
The king holding Maat, with Maat as a representation of the semen of the god, parallels the sexual imagery of the ithyphallic Osiris.368 Maat is a symbol of passage through a liminal phase,369 here corresponding to the union of Re and Osiris, ...
John Coleman Darnell, 2004
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Kokopelli: The Making of an Icon
Ithyphallic portrayals, on the other hand, do symbolize procreative power and sexual renewal This also seems to be borne out in rock art images of anthropomorphic figures. Figures with phallic appendages simply mark gender; ithyphallic ...
Ekkehart Malotki, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ITHYPHALLIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ithyphallic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tom of Finland: the Pleasure of Play review – definitely not the …
... which is hosting a major show of the art of Tom of Finland, a cult illustrator of ithyphallic musclemen, motorcycle fiends and leather gods. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
Sunday Old School: Nile
The resulting album, "Ithyphallic" was released in July 2007, though some fans were able to hear the record two weeks in advance if they ... «Metal Underground, May 15»
3
Rakhigarhi Is Now The Biggest Harappan Excavation Site, Even …
Pashupati-Seal - A seal discovered at the site bears the image of a seated, cross-legged and possibly ithyphallic figure surrounded by animals. «Indiatimes.com, Apr 15»
4
The 16th century Venetian who invented the paperback
But visitors to the Grolier would be forgiven for letting their eyes go straight to the famously excited ithyphallic (to use the scholarly term) god ... «The Australian Financial Review, Mar 15»
5
A Tribute to the Printer Aldus Manutius, and the Roots of the …
But visitors to the Grolier would be forgiven for letting their eyes go straight to the famously excited ithyphallic (to use the scholarly term) god ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
6
Voices of the Dead: The Strange Origins of Eye Idols
In relation to this, we recall the theme of a headless, ithyphallic man on pillar 43 (the 'vulture-stone') at Göbekli Tepe. This image merges a ... «Ancient Origins, Feb 15»
7
Black History Month Special: Ramses The Great, The Pride of Africa …
At Luxor, Amen was worshipped in the ithyphallic form of the timeless fertility-god known as Min. The temple is called Luxor, from the Arabic ... «Atlanta Black Star, Feb 15»
8
Nile flows ancient Egypt into modern metal music
At least in the music of “Ithyphallic” metal band Nile, which has released seven albums of death metal laden with Middle Eastern musicality and ... «The Province, Apr 14»
9
'Peaches Does Herself,' a Playful Performance
... a transsexual apparition (Danni Daniels) who overshadows our hero's ithyphallic drag outfit. The two nuzzle in a number merging “Einstein ... «New York Times, Oct 13»
10
Nile + Ex Deo + Svart Crown
... the spite and fury of 2005's Annihilation of the Wicked, Nile are relentless in their Ithyphallic onslaught. Joining guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders, ... «PopMatters, Sep 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ithyphallic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ithyphallic>. May 2024 ».
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