eroticize, v.
(ɛˈrɒtɪsaɪz)
[f. erotic a. and n. + -ize.]
trans. To make erotic; to stimulate sexually.
| 1914 Geddes & Thomson Sex vi. 122 At the time of sexual maturity, according to Steinach, the brain is greatly influenced by the internal secretions, it is ‘eroticised’. 1915 E. Pound Let. c 7 Sept. in Lett. J. Joyce (1966) II. 366 Bed rooms [sic] scenes where the audience can be tittivated, eroticised. 1955 H. Marcuse Eros & Civilization (1956) ii. 39 Their unrepressed development would eroticize the organism. 1970 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. Apr. 154 More women [than men] were embarrassed by eroticized stories and would not attend a sexy show if they could avoid it. |