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phallus Definition

phal·lus (fal′əs)

noun pl. phalli -·li′ (-ī′) or phalluses -·luses

  1. a representation or image of the penis as the reproductive organ, worshiped as a symbol of generative power, as in the Dionysiac festivals of ancient Greece
  2. Anat.
    1. the penis or clitoris
    2. the undifferentiated embryonic tissue that develops into the penis or clitoris

Etymology: L < Gr phallos < IE base *bhel-, to swell > L follis, leather sack, flare, to blow

phallus Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: Many appear to have a phallus, suggesting the artist is attempting to emphasize maleness, an important component of the Spanish assemblage.
  • possess: Type IV figures, those possessing a phallus, number four.
  • represent: This has been interpreted by some Chinese scholars to have originally represented a phallus.
  • castrate: Men only have the castrating phallus, women are the castrating phallus.
  • wear: The hero, wearing a giant wooden phallus with budgies painted on the end, clubs the heroine's donkey to death with it.

Adjective modifier

  • erect: An erect phallus, carved on the wall, stopped us in our tracks.
  • giant: The hero, wearing a giant wooden phallus with budgies painted on the end, clubs the heroine's donkey to death with it.
  • large: Then leave it in the freezer for a few hours before returning to collect a large frozen phallus!
  • symbolic: The Sun Stone is a symbolic phallus on the physical level.
  • wooden: The hero, wearing a giant wooden phallus with budgies painted on the end, clubs the heroine's donkey to death with it.

Modifies a noun

  • impudicus: Phallus impudicus, the stinkhorn, about 12 cm long.

Noun used with modifier

  • inflatable: The inflatable phallus was corny and I didn't enjoy the support, The Meters.