erogenous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love”) +‎ -genous (“producing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹɒd͡ʒɪnəs/

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Adjective

erogenous (comparative more erogenous, superlative most erogenous)

1. Sensitive to sexual arousal.
   • 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance (paperback), Fourth Estate, page 254:

     His neck, shoulders, upper back, and spine were erogenous zones.

2. Causing sexual arousal; erotogenic.

   give him an erogenous massage

Derived terms

• erogenousness
• erogenous zone

 

Translations

sensitive to sexual arousal

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• Czech: erotogenní (cs)
• Dutch: erogeen (nl)
• Finnish: erogeeninen
• French: érogène (fr)
• German: erogen (de)
• Italian: erogeno
• Polish: erogenny (pl)
• Portuguese: erógeno (pt)
• Romanian: erogen
• Russian: эроге́нный (ru) (erogénnyj)
• Slovene: erogen
• Spanish: erógeno (es)
• Swedish: erogen (sv)