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erotica

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See also: erótica, eròtica, and erotică

English

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Etymology

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From neuter plural of Latin eroticus (“amatory”), from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós). By surface analysis, erotic +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɒt.ɪkə/
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Noun

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erotica (countable and uncountable, plural eroticas)

  1. (uncountable) Erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
    There's a fine line between erotica and pornography.
    • 2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 114:
      In fact, eighteenth-century British erotica has been the subject of unremitting attention for the last two decades.
  2. (countable) A work of erotica.
    • 1970 September, The Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, page 224:
      Rather a principal avenue of traffic and distribution of eroticas is the social network of age-peers ([…]).
    • 1977, Link: Indian Newsmagazine, volume 19, page 5:
      Some films advertised as minor eroticas are so much in demand by the paying public and these have overshadowed the value of a few seminars which seem to draw only the scholars and the film theorists.
    • 1993, Milwaukee Magazine, volume 18, page 66:
      Tilson carries work by the late John Lennon, including lithographs, a few signed eroticas and republished drawings.
    • 2001, Sumati Mutatkar, Suṣamā-kalāśrīḥ: Gems of Literature & Arts, Eastern Book Linkers, page 262:
      Though the poetic work of Bhikṣu Padmaśrī, Nāgarasarvasva is an erotica, the writer has not followed Vätsyāyana in his work, rather, he has followed Bharata Muni.
    • 2019, Mia Yinxing Liu, “Introduction”, in Literati Lenses: Wenren Landscape in Chinese Cinema of the Mao Era, Honolulu, Haw.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 17:
      His costume dramas (including eroticas) are all imprinted with the hallmark of this spectacular and lyrical “dream factory” of classical China.

Usage notes

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This word sometimes encompasses only material that is not pornographic and has or is purported to have artistic or social value, but also can include pornography, depending on the context and speaker.

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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /erotika/, [eˈʁoˀtˢikʰa]

Noun

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erotica (plural only)

  1. erotica

Dutch

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Etymology

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Probably a learned borrowing from Latin erōtica, but possibly borrowed from another language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌeːˈroː.ti.kaː/
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  • Hyphenation: ero‧ti‧ca

Noun

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erotica f (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) erotica (erotic subject matter)
    Synonym: erotiek

Usage notes

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In Dutch erotica is more commonly used as a plural (see below) than as a singular noun.

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Noun

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erotica

  1. plural of eroticum

Italian

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Adjective

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erotica

  1. feminine singular of erotico

Anagrams

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Latin

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Adjective

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erōtica

  1. inflection of erōticus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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erōticā

  1. ablative feminine singular of erōticus

Occitan

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Adjective

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erotica

  1. feminine singular of erotic

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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erotica

  1. definite feminine singular nominative/accusative of erotic (“erotic”)

Noun

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erotica f

  1. definite singular nominative/accusative of erotică (“erotica”)
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