What does the word erotic mean?

Usage examples for erotic

  1. But it will become clear not only that there can be a popular erotic literature of a quite different order, but that I might have subdivided this class into two: one concerned with the popular literature of passion, the other with that of sensualism. – Personality in Literature by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
  2. All the famous books of the East, he said, should be translated into English- even the erotic, and he insisted that if proper precautions were taken so that none but scholars could obtain them, no possible harm could ensue. – The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
  3. Meanwhile, the beloved makes herself small, opening her wing- cases slightly, hiding her head and tucking her abdomen under her, as though to escape the erotic thunderstorm that is bursting upon her back. – The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Jean Henri Fabre
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