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ithyphallic (ith-uh-FAL-ik) adjective
1. Of or relating to the phallus carried in procession in ancient Bacchic festivals. 2. Indecent or salacious. 3. Having an erect phallus. [From Late Latin ithyphallicus, from Greek ithyphallikos, from ithyphallos, from ithys (straight) + phallos (phallus).] "Luxor Temple is more comprehensible than the vaster ruins at Karnak. It was also dedicated to Amun - but to a different manifestation of the same god, associated with fertility and often shown in ithyphallic form." Ronald Wright, Images Of Egypt; Temples, Tombs and Entrepreneurs, The Washington Post, Jun 11, 1989. This week's theme: words to describe people. Today's AWAD is sponsored by NannyTax, Inc., offering on-line tax preparation and payroll tax compliance services to employers of domestic help. Please visit http://www.nannytax.com ............................................................................ This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper. -T.S. Eliot, poet (1888-1965) Q: Tomorrow is my friend's birthday and I forgot to send her a gift. Help! A: Give the gift of words. Send a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day at http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html . It is the gift that keeps on giving the whole year long, and beyond. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/ithyphallic.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/ithyphallic.ram
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