Sekirov Dictionary

Paphian

/ˈpeɪfɪən/

adjective 2
noun 2
forms 1

adjective2

Of, from or relating to Paphos, the mythical birthplace of the goddess of love on the island of Cyprus.
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(literary) Pertaining to love or sexual desire, especially when illicit.
- Cease admiration, sit to Cupid's feast, / The preparation to Paphian dalliance. — 1613

noun2

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A native or inhabitant of Paphos.
- Then there is the mastus. Apollodorus the Cyrenaean, as Pamphilus says, states that this is a name given to drinking-cups by the Paphians. — 1854
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(literary) A prostitute.
- A smile I had learned to know elsewhere lurked at one corner of my paphian's mouth. — 1980

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Paphians

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