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erotica en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɪˈɹɒt.ɪkə/

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 *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticabor. English erotica From neuter plural of Latin eroticus (“amatory”), from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós). By surface analysis, erotic + -ica.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
   • There's a fine line between erotica and pornography.
   • In fact, eighteenth-century British erotica has been the subject of unremitting attention for the last two decades. 2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 114:
2. (countable) A work of erotica.
   • Rather a principal avenue of traffic and distribution of eroticas is the social network of age-peers ([…]). 1970 September, The Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, page 224:
   • Though the poetic work of Bhikṣu Padmaśrī, Nāgarasarvasva is an erotica, the writer has not followed Vätsyāyana in his work, rather, he has followed Bharata Muni. 2001, Sumati Mutatkar, Suṣamā-kalāśrīḥ: Gems of Literature & Arts, Eastern Book Linkers, page 262:
   • Tilson carries work by the late John Lennon, including lithographs, a few signed eroticas and republished drawings. 1993, Milwaukee Magazine, volume 18, page 66:
   • Some films advertised as minor eroticas are so much in demand by the paying public and these have overshadowed the value of a few seminars which seem to draw only the scholars and the film theorists. 1977, Link: Indian Newsmagazine, volume 19, page 5:
   • His costume dramas (including eroticas) are all imprinted with the hallmark of this spectacular and lyrical “dream factory” of classical China. 2019, Mia Yinxing Liu, “Introduction”, in Literati Lenses: Wenren Landscape in Chinese Cinema of the Mao Era, Honolulu, Haw.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 17:

Forms

Deriveds

heteroerotica · nonerotica · homoerotica · furotica · monster erotica · erom · romantica · literotica · ASMRotica · autoerotica · cybererotica · speculative erotica

Translations (40)

uk еро́тика (erotic literature or art) · pl erotyka (erotic literature or art) · nl erotica (erotic literature or art) · fi eroottinen kirjallisuus (erotic literature or art) · sh еро̀тика (erotic literature or art) · hu erotika (erotic literature or art) · ka ეროტიკა (erotic literature or art) · pl erotyzm (erotic literature or art) · nn erotikk (erotic literature or art) · sv erotik (erotic literature or art) · hy էրոտիկա (erotic literature or art) · es erótica (erotic literature or art) · ko 성애물 (erotic literature or art) · bn কামোদ্দীপক সৃষ্টিকর্ম (erotic literature or art) · ru эро́тика (erotic literature or art) · nb erotikk (erotic literature or art) · ro erotism (erotic literature or art) · sk erotika (erotic literature or art) · lt erotika (erotic literature or art) · bg еро́тика (erotic literature or art) · pt erótica (erotic literature or art) · pt erotismo (erotic literature or art) · fr érotisme (erotic literature or art) · mk еротика (erotic literature or art) · da erotik (erotic literature or art) · sl erotika (erotic literature or art) · ja 色情作品 (erotic literature or art) · lv erotika (erotic literature or art) · it erotismo (erotic literature or art) · cmn 淫穢書畫 /淫秽书画 (erotic literature or art) · ko 에로티카 (erotic literature or art) · ko 색정 작품 (erotic literature or art) · cmn 色情作品 (erotic literature or art) · et erootika (erotic literature or art) · ar شَبَقِيَّة (erotic literature or art) · cs erotika (erotic literature or art) · de Erotik (erotic literature or art) · ja エロティカ (erotic literature or art) · be эро́тыка (erotic literature or art) · sh eròtika (erotic literature or art)