phallus Definition
phal·lus (fal′əs)
noun pl. -·li′-ī′ or -·luses
- a representation or image of the penis as the reproductive organ, worshiped as a symbol of generative power, as in the Dionysiac festivals of ancient Greece
- Anat.
- the penis or clitoris
- the undifferentiated embryonic tissue that develops into the penis or clitoris
Etymology: L < Gr phallos < IE base *bhel-, to swell > L follis, leather sack, flare, to blow
phallus Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: Many appear to have a phallus, suggesting the artist is attempting to emphasize maleness, an important component of the Spanish assemblage.
- erect: Often these bear erect phalluses, and some appear to be engaged in sexual activity.
- possess: Type IV figures, those possessing a phallus, number four.
- represent: This has been interpreted by some Chinese scholars to have originally represented a phallus.
- castrate: Men only have the castrating phallus, women are the castrating phallus.
- wear: The hero, wearing a giant wooden phallus with budgies painted on the end, clubs the heroine's donkey to death with it.
Adjective modifier
- erect: An erect phallus, carved on the wall, stopped us in our tracks.
- giant: The hero, wearing a giant wooden phallus with budgies painted on the end, clubs the heroine's donkey to death with it.
- large: Then leave it in the freezer for a few hours before returning to collect a large frozen phallus!
- symbolic: The Sun Stone is a symbolic phallus on the physical level.
- wooden: The hero, wearing a giant wooden phallus with budgies painted on the end, clubs the heroine's donkey to death with it.
Modifies a noun
impudicus: Phallus impudicus, the stinkhorn, about 12 cm long.
Noun used with modifier
inflatable: The inflatable phallus was corny and I didn't enjoy the support, The Meters.
Browse dictionary entries near phallus
- ‹ phallocentric
- ‹ phallicism
- ‹ phallic
- ‹ phalarope
- ‹ phalanx
- ‹ phalanstery
- ‹ phalanges
- ‹ phalanger
- ‹ phalangeal
- ‹ phalange
- -phane ›
- phanerogam ›
- phanerophyte ›
- Phanerozoic ›
- phantasm ›
- phantasmagoria ›
- phantasmal ›
- phantasy ›
- phantom ›
- phantom circuit ›

