priapean

[ prahy-uh-pee-uhn ]

adjective

1. priapic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of priapean¹

< French priapéen < Latin Priāpē ( us ) (< Greek Priā́peios ) + -an. See Priapus, -an

Example Sentences

But whether the pastoral Hermes of the Pelasgians was refined into the messenger-god of Homer, or whether the name and honours of that god were given to the rude Priapean patron of the shepherds by way of bringing him into the Olympic circle, it seems impossible to ascertain.

From Project Gutenberg

A classicist provides the best English version yet of the Priapean satire by Nero's arbiter of elegance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The names chime like a singing commercial piped by Priapean elves, all trying to jolly the reader into putting up once more with that old boudoir Bolshevik, Henry Miller, the Lenin of the dirty-word revolution.

From Time Magazine Archive

An unembarrassed classicist provides the best English version yet of the Priapean satire by Nero's arbiter of elegance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Down to the Revolution there stood at Brest a chapel of Saint Guignolet containing a priapean statue of the holy man.

From Project Gutenberg