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erogenous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈɹɒd͡ʒɪnəs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -genous English erogenous From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love”) + English -genous (“producing”).

Meanings

  1. Sensitive to sexual arousal.
    • His neck, shoulders, upper back, and spine were erogenous zones. 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance (paperback), Fourth Estate, page 254:
  2. Causing sexual arousal; erotogenic.
    • give him an erogenous massage

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more erogenous Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most erogenous Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

erogenous zone · erogenousness · erogenously

Translations (17)

ro erogen (sensitive to sexual arousal) · nl erogeen (sensitive to sexual arousal) · de erogen (sensitive to sexual arousal) · sl erogen (sensitive to sexual arousal) · es erógeno (sensitive to sexual arousal) · cs erotogenní (sensitive to sexual arousal) · ru эроге́нный (sensitive to sexual arousal) · pl erogenny (sensitive to sexual arousal) · fr érogène (sensitive to sexual arousal) · fi erogeeninen (sensitive to sexual arousal) · sv erogen (sensitive to sexual arousal) · cmn 引起性慾的 /引起性欲的 (causing sexual arousal) · cmn 性感的 (causing sexual arousal) · it erogeno (sensitive to sexual arousal) · pt erógeno (sensitive to sexual arousal) · cmn 性敏感的 (sensitive to sexual arousal) · fi erogeeninen (causing sexual arousal)