adjective / noun
erotic
ih-RAH-tik/ɪˈrɑːtɪk/
Concerned with sexual desire or arousal.
The couple's closeness gives the scene an erotic mood.
Etymology
Greek eros meant sexual love and also named its divine personification, Eros. Erotic carries that passionate sense of love into descriptions of sexual desire or arousal.
In context
they tend to arrive even before, you know, puberty and before people have had the sexual act, erotic dreams will arrive.
More examples
- The novel explores the difference between erotic attraction and lasting affection.
- She wakes from an erotic dream.
- The museum displays a collection of erotic art.
Forms
erotic · erotics
erotically adverb — In a way suggesting sexual desire.
eroticism noun — The expression or quality of sexual desire.