| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Anything that quells the venereal appetite.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Capable of blunting the venereal appetite.[Websters]
2. Being anaphrodisiac. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb antaphrodisiacly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (antaphrodisiacly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective antaphrodisiac.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ANTAPHRODISIAC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Note: Antaphrodisiac \Ant`aph*ro*dis"i*ac\, adjective. [Prefix anti- aphrodisiac.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ANTAPHRODISIAC
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Antivenereal; having the quality of extinguishing or lessening venereal desire.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wikipedic | An antaphrodisiac is something that quells or blunts the libido. It is the opposite of an aphrodisiac, something that enhances sexual appetite. The word antaphrodisiac comes from the Greek prefix anti-, meaning "against", and the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] capable of reducing the sex drive. (references) | 2: [Noun] such a substance. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
