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priapism

noun

pri·​a·​pism ˈprī-ə-ˌpi-zəm How to pronounce priapism (audio)
: an abnormal often painful persistent erection of the penis

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Portis’s diffident, modestly gallant characters were a world away from the marital bonfires and priapisms of other male writers of his crop—Roth, Updike, Yates. Wells Tower, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2020 Lastly, and saddest of all, the Corvette will lose its hood of goodly length, the conspicuous priapism that has defined the mission for 65 years. Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018

Word History

Etymology

French priapisme, from Middle French, ultimately from Greek Priapos (traditionally portrayed in Greco-Roman art with an erect penis)

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of priapism was in 1601

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