erogenous
pronunciation
How to pronounce erogenous in British English:
UK [ɪ'rɒdʒənəs]
How to pronounce erogenous in American English:
US [ɪˈrɑdʒənəs]
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- Adjective:
- sensitive to sexual stimulation
Word Origin
- erogenous (adj.)
- "inducing erotic sensation or sexual desire," 1889, from Greek eros "sexual love" (see Eros) + -genous "producing." A slightly earlier variant was erogenic (1887), from French érogénique. Both, as OED laments, are improperly formed. Erogenous zone attested by 1905. In this connection reference may be made to the well-known fact that in some hysterical subjects there are so-called "erogenous zones" simple pressure on which suffices to evoke the complete orgasm. There is, perhaps, some significance, from our present point of view, in the fact that, as emphasized by Savill ("Hysterical Skin Symptoms," Lancet, January 30 1904) the skin is one of the very best places to study hysteria. [Havelock Ellis, "Studies in the Psychology of Sex," 1914]
Example
- 1. Don 't neglect the breasts and other erogenous zones .
- 2. Stimulate all erogenous zone not just the obvious .
- 3. This erogenous zone is described on page 57 .
- 4. Your erogenous zones are the parts of your body that respond to sexual stimulation .
- 5. This innovative vibrator massages and stimulates every erogenous spot on the body .