Eroticize
/ɪˈrɒtɪsaɪz/noun
To make something sexually suggestive or erotic.
Did you know?Eroticize ultimately traces back to Greek Eros, the god of love and desire, so the word carries the ancient idea that attraction itself can be transformed into power through language.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
GR
Eros
“love, desire; the god of erotic love”
Late Greek
GR
erōtikós
“pertaining to love or desire”
Modern French
FR
érotique
“erotic, sexual”
19th Century
EN
eroticize
“to make erotic; to invest with sexual feeling or significance”
Modern English
EN
eroticize
“to make something sexually suggestive or erotic”
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