erotism
(ˈɛrətɪz(ə)m)
[f. Gr. ἔρως, ἔρωτ-ος + -ism. Cf. Fr. érotisme.]
Path. Sexual excitement. b. = eroticism. rare.
| 1849 Lancet I. 538/2 The erotism is excited by..the medical practitioner. 1875 H. Wood Therap. (1879) 563 The general perturbation too great, for erotism to be induced. 1888 Athenæum 18 Aug. 220/3 The love sonnets..are free alike from erotism and from mawkishness. |