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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Greek
Origin: erotikos, from eros 'sexual love'

erotic

 adjective
     
Related topics: Arts
e‧rot‧ic
1A an erotic book, picture, or film shows people having sex, and is intended to make people reading or looking at it have feelings of sexual pleasure
2 erotic thoughts, feelings, or experiences involve sexual excitement:
an erotic dream
—erotically adverb
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