different between obscene vs ithyphallic

English

Etymology

From Middle French obscene (modern French obscène (“indecent, obscene”)), and from its etymon Latin obsc?nus, obscaenus (“inauspicious; ominous; disgusting, filthy; offensive, repulsive; indecent, lewd, obscene”). The further etymology is uncertain, but may be from ob- (prefix meaning ‘towards’) + caenum (“dirt, filth; mire, mud”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?weyn- (“to make dirty, soil; filth; mud”)) or scaevus (“left, on the left side; clumsy; (figurative) unlucky”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skeh?iwo-).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?si?n/
• (General American) enPR: ?b-s?n?, IPA^(key): /?b?sin/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Hyphenation: ob?scene

Adjective

obscene (comparative obscener or more obscene, superlative obscenest or most obscene) (see usage notes)

1. Offensive to current standards of decency or morality.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obscene

   Antonyms: decent, moral, nonobscene
2. Lewd or lustful.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obscene

   Antonyms: chaste, nonobscene, pure
3. Disgusting or repulsive.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obscene

   Antonym: nonobscene
4. (by extension) Beyond all reason; excessive.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excessive

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:moderate
5. (chiefly Britain, criminal law) Liable to corrupt or deprave.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obscene

   Antonyms: decent, nonobscene

Usage notes

• The comparative form obscener and superlative form obscenest, though formed by valid rules for English, are less common than more obscene and most obscene.
• In criminal law, many jurisdictions distinguish between the terms obscene, indecent, and profane when regulating broadcasted content, with obscene typically being the most severe of the three categories.

Alternative forms

• obscæne (obsolete)

Derived terms

• nonobscene
• obscenely
• obsceneness (rare)
• obscenometer (humorous, obsolete)

Related terms

• obscenity
• obscenous (obsolete)
• obscenousness (obsolete)

Translations

References

Further reading

• obscenity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Adjective

obsc?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of obsc?nus

References

• obscene in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obscene in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obscene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Adjective

obscene f pl

1. feminine plural of obscen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ithyphallicus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (ithuphallikós), from ??????????? (?thúphallos, “phallus carried in festivals of Bacchus; ode sung in honour of the phallus; dance accompanying such an ode; dancer performing such a dance”) + -???? (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). ??????????? is derived from ????? (ithús) (variant of ?????? (euthús, “straight”)) + ?????? (phallós, “penis; image of a penis, phallus”). The English word can be analysed as ithyphallus +? -ic.

As regards the noun, compare Latin ithyphallicum (“poem with the same metre as the hymns to Priapus”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????fæl?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????fæl?k/, /-??-/
• Rhymes: -æl?k
• Hyphenation: ithy?phall?ic

Adjective

ithyphallic (comparative more ithyphallic, superlative most ithyphallic)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) Of or pertaining to the erect phallus that was carried in bacchic processions.
   1. (specifically) Of a poem or song: having the metre of an ode sung in honour of the bacchic phallus.
2. Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis.

   Synonym: (one sense) priapic
3. (by extension) Lascivious, obscene.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obscene
4. (poetry) Pertaining to a metrical combination of two trochees followed by one spondee.

Related terms

• ithyphallophobia
• ithyphallus

Translations

Noun

ithyphallic (plural ithyphallics)

1. A poem or song in an ithyphallic metre.
2. A lascivious or obscene poem or song.

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Notes

References

Further reading

• phallus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia