olisbos

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄλισβος, from ὀλισθεῖν (“to slip, glide”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɒlɪzbəs/

Noun

olisbos (plural olisboi or olisbos)

1. A dildo.
   • 1958, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:

     I had blazed in her face an olisbos-like flashlight.

   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     At quiet hour in the afternoon they were adepts of the olisbos, baubon, and finger.

   • 1932, Sexual Life in Ancient Greece, Panther 1969, p. 287:

     A bowl of Pamphaeus in the British Museum shows a naked hetaira who has two olisboi in her hand; apparently there is a similar representation on a bowl of Euphronius.

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French

Noun

olisbos m. (plural olisbos)

1. dildo (artificial phallus)

Synonyms

• godemichet
• gode
• dildo