paphian
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Is paphian a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of paphian?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (literary) Pertaining to love or sexual desire, especially when illicit.Examples: "Cease admiration, sit to Cupid's feast, / The preparation to Paphian dalliance."; "I lay, as it were, in the Paphian bower of bliss, in a state of exquisite sensations quite impossible to describe."; "People passed, but they held me not. Paphian eyes rayed upon me, and left me unscathed."literarynot-comparable
noun (English)
1. (literary) A prostitute.Examples: "They reach'd the hotel: forth stream'd from the front door / A tide of well-clad waiters, and around / The mob stood, and as usual several score / Of those pedestrian Paphians who abound / In decent London when the daylight's o'er; / Commodious but immoral, they are found / Useful, like Malthus, in promoting marriage."; "A smile I had learned to know elsewhere lurked at one corner of my paphian's mouth."literary
Definition source: Wiktionary