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
- : 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
- : 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.
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