kruptadia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρυπτάδια (kruptádia), neuter plural form of κρυπτάδιος (kruptádios, “secret”).

Noun

kruptadia pl (plural only)

1. (rare) Erotica.
   • 1904, Notes and Queries, volume CIX, page 105:

     We may also assume that the kruptadia, still in manuscript, which Nashe wrote for the delight of the young rufflers of the Court and for the filling of his own very ill-garnished pockets, will not be printed.

   • 1966, Steven Marcus, The Other Victorians:

     the word “pornography” [...] is, I am aware, not altogether a satisfactory term, but it seems to me better than the ones usually used. The D.N.B., for example, offers the quaint “Kruptadia,” which is clearly impossible.

   • 2001 June 15, Lord Biggs, Times Higher Education:

     This is a curious book about far more "curious and uncommon books"; kruptadia, forbidden erotic literature "of an incandescent kind".