Phallus Definition

făləs
phalli, phalluses
noun
phalli, phalluses
The penis.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World
The undifferentiated embryonic tissue that develops into the penis or clitoris.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Phallus

Noun

Singular:
phallus
Plural:
phalli, phalluses

Origin of Phallus

  • Late Latin from Greek phallos bhel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin phallus, from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallos)

    From Wiktionary

Phallus Sentence Examples

  • It would simply slide on top of them like a giant green blancmange with a four-foot phallus.

  • The hero, wearing a giant wooden phallus with budgies painted on the end, clubs the heroine's donkey to death with it.

  • An erect phallus, carved on the wall, stopped us in our tracks.

  • The only unique feature is the occurrence of a large and a small conical tower at the southern end, which Bent and others considered to be representatives of the human phallus.

  • The substantial features of the ancient Dionysiac rites, including a ritual play by "goat-men" carrying a wooden phallus, may still be seen at Bizye, the old residence of the Thracian kings.

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Words Starting With

PPHPHA

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SUSLUS

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