Phallic

Definitions: Phallic

Phallic

Adjective

1. Relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power; "a phallic cult"; "phallic worship".

2. Resembling or being a phallus; "a phallic symbol"; "phallic eroticism"; "priapic figurines".

Date "phallic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references)

Etymology: Phallic \Phal"lic\, adjective. [from Greek]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Phallic

Domain	Definitions
Health	Pertaining to the phallus, or penis. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Phallic

Synonym: priapic (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Phallic

English words defined with "phallic": lingam ♦ phallic phase, phallic stage, priapic, psychosexual development. (references)

Specialty definitions using "phallic": Cross. (references)

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Modern Usage: Phallic

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Phallic Forest (1970)
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Commercial Usage: Phallic

Domain	Title
Books	A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus: A History of Phallic Worship (reference) Ancient Symbol Worship: Influence of the Phallic Idea in the Religions of Antiquity (reference) Dangerous Women, Deadly Words: Phallic Fantasy and Modernity in Three Japanese Writers (reference) Remembering the Phallic Mother: Psychoanalysis, Modernism and the Fetish (reference) The Gods of Generation: A History of Phallic Cults Among Ancients and Moderns (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Phallic

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Non-Fiction Usage: Phallic

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	CROSS, n. An ancient religious symbol erroneously supposed to owe its significance to the most solemn event in the history of Christianity, but really antedating it by thousands of years. By many it has been believed to be identical with the crux ansata of the ancient phallic worship, but it has been traced even beyond all that we know of that, to the rites of primitive peoples. We have to-day the White Cross as a symbol of chastity, and the Red Cross as a badge of benevolent neutrality in war. Having in mind the former, the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape smites the lyre to the effect following: "Be good, be good!" the sisterhood Cry out in holy chorus, And, to dissuade from sin, parade Their various charms before us. But why, O why, has ne'er an eye Seen her of winsome manner And youthful grace and pretty face Flaunting the White Cross banner? Now where's the need of speech and screed To better our behaving? A simpler plan for saving man (But, first, is he worth saving?) Is, dears, when he declines to flee From bad thoughts that beset him, Ignores the Law as 't were a straw, And wants to sin -- don't let him.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Phallic

"Phallic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Phallic" is used about 91 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	91	34,491

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Phallic

Expressions using "phallic": phallic phase ♦ phallic stage. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "phallic": phallic-looking, phallic-oedipal, phallic-oral-anal, phallic-shaped.
	Ending with "phallic": oral-anal-phallic.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Phallic

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
phallic	47
phallic symbol	18
phallic worship	10
phallic art	6
phallic stage	4
phallic image	3
god phallic	2
phallic statue	2
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Modern Translations: Phallic

Language		Translations for "phallic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		mashkullor (male, manly, masculine), falik. (various references)

Arabic		‏قضيبي خاص بالقضيب, ‏عبادي قضيبي خاص بعبادة آلة الرجل, ‏ذو علاقة بقضيب الرجل الجنسي, ‏خاص بعضو التذكير. (various references)

Czech		falický. (various references)

Danish		phallus-, phallisk, fallisk. (various references)

Dutch		fallisch. (various references)

Finnish		siitin-, fallinen. (various references)

French		phallique. (various references)

German		phallisch. (various references)

Greek		φαλλικός. (various references)

Hebrew		של איבר המין הזכרי. (various references)

Hungarian		hímvesszõalakú, fallikus. (various references)

Italian		fallico. (various references)

Manx		bwoiddagh, bwid (penes). (various references)

Pig Latin		allicphay

Portuguese		fálico. (various references)

Romanian		falic. (various references)

Russian		фаллический. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		falički. (various references)

Spanish		fálico (penile). (various references)

Swedish		fallisk. (various references)

Turkish		penis ile ilgili, erkeklik organına ait. (various references)

Ukranian		фалічний. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Phallic

Derivations
	Words beginning with "phallic": phallically, phallicism, phallicisms. (additional references)
	Words ending with "phallic": ithyphallic. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Phallic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fallec, fallic, falloc, Fazlic, pallia, pallic, pallip, phailic, phalic, phalik, phalis, Phall, phallas, phallicky, phalliic, phallis, phalliv, phallo, phalloc, phallum, phallys, phaly, phili, philic, philli, phillic, Philnico, philoi, phlail, phlale, phllic, pholic, Pohjala. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Phallic"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "phallic" (pronounced fa"lik)
5	f a" l i k	anencephalic.
4	-a" l i k	Alec, gallic, italic, metallic.
3	-l i k	acrylic, alcoholic, allelic, anabolic, angelic, bucolic, catholic, diastolic, frolic, garlic, hydraulic, hydrophilic, hyperbolic, idyllic, melancholic, metabolic, nonalcoholic, nonpublic, parabolic, pedophilic, phenolic, psychedelic, public, relic, shashlik, symbolic, vitriolic, workaholic.
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Anagrams: Phallic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-l-l-p"
	-1 letter: caliph, phalli, plical.
	-2 letters: chill, laich, lilac, phial, pical, plica.
	-3 letters: call, caph, chap, chia, chip, clap, clip, hail, hall, hila, hill, laic, lich, lipa, pail, pall, pial, pica, pill.
	-4 letters: ail, all, alp, cap, chi, hap, hic, hip, ich, ill, lac, lap, lip, pac, pah, pal, phi, pia, pic.
	-5 letters: ah, ai, al, ha.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-h-i-l-l-p"
	+1 letter: caliphal.
	+3 letters: allophonic, callithump, halophilic, orphically, phallicism, phatically, philatelic, phonically, photically, physically.
	+4 letters: allographic, allomorphic, aphetically, calligraphy, callithumps, delphically, edaphically, graphically, ithyphallic, parochially, phallically, phallicisms, psychically, spherically, trophically.
	+5 letters: allelopathic, alphabetical, calligrapher, calligraphic, cephalically, empathically, emphatically, euphonically, euphorically, hyperbolical, hypnotically, leptocephali, oscillograph, pathetically, pathological, phenological, philological, phonemically, phonetically, phonological, phycological, phyletically, phyllotactic, plainclothes, seraphically, superhelical, thallophytic, triglyphical.
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