English Dictionary

priapic

IPA（発音記号）

/pɹaɪˈæpɪk/

形容詞

Phallic. / In a state of penile erection. / Related to or overly concerned with male sexual activity or exhibiting excessive male sexual activity.

日本語の意味

男根の、男性器に関するという意味。 / 勃起状態にある、つまりペニスが勃起している状態を指す。 / 男性の性行為に関係している、または過度に男性性行為に偏重または執着している状態を表す。

The artist's priapic sculpture dominated the gallery with its unapologetic symbolism.

その芸術家の男性器を連想させる彫刻は、あからさまな象徴性でギャラリーを圧倒していた。

意味（1）

Phallic.

The only relic of the temple of Isis is a priapic goblet; from the spout of which it is plain that the votaries must have quaffed the wine.

意味（2）

In a state of penile erection.

When God presented Lilith to Adam, Adam was overjoyed and enthusiastically set her on the ground and tried to mount her after the fashion of the animals; but Lilith protested and said: Why should I be on the bottom and you on the top? Priapic Adam was in no mood to explain the natural order of things (from his point of view) and so he simply tried to compel her obedience by force.

意味（3）

Related to or overly concerned with male sexual activity or exhibiting excessive male sexual activity.

Both artists were charming, shameless and cruel, and revelled in what Bacon called an “atmosphere of threat”. Often on the run or hiding out, they led priapic private lives: Bacon was homosexual, Freud hetero.

意味（4）

Excessively masculine; excessively concerned with masculinity.

Gabriele D’Annunzio, a priapic, drug-addicted poet, war hero, military adventurer and man about town, was a mesmeric figure who encouraged triumphalism in Italy’s nationalist right-wingers.

more priapic （ comparative ）

most priapic （ superlative ）