Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology The god of love, son of Aphrodite.
- noun Creative, often sexual yearning, love, or desire.
- noun Psychiatry Sexual drive; libido.
- noun The sum of all instincts for self-preservation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pl. Erotes or Eroses (e-rō′ tēz, ē′ ros-ez). In Greek myth, the god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid. See
Cupid . - noun [NL.] In zoology, a genus of malacodermatous beetles, of the family Telephoridæ. There are many species, of Europe and America, as E. mundus of North America.
- noun In astronomy, No. 433 of the asteroid group, discovered photographically by Witt, at Berlin, in 1898, and for a time provisionally referred to as D. Q.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Greek Myth.) Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.
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- proper noun Greek mythology The god of
love and sexual desire; son of eitherErebus andNyx orAphrodite andAres .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
- noun (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ken Wilber has been accused by some of falling into the ID camp, simply because he refers to a self-organizing principle based on the work of Jantsch behind evolution, which he refers to as Eros:
A Biophotonic Theory of Evolution William Harryman 2007
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Using the Latin word "Eros," the pontiff says sex has become a commodity leading to the degradation of man.
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Curated by writer, director, actress and model Audacia Ray, Modified Eros is “a photographic celebration of bodies modified with tattooing, piercing, corsetry, and scarification.”
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It received a not very good review in Eros Zine way back before my time.
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As the computer attempted to position the ship within Eros†™ shadow, the plasma storm seemed to intensify.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Until the middle of September an exhibit titled Eros showcases Cupid and his mother Aphrodite or Venus.
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Until the middle of September an exhibit titled Eros showcases Cupid and his mother Aphrodite or Venus.
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Until the middle of September an exhibit titled Eros showcases Cupid and his mother Aphrodite or Venus.
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The word Eros and the year 1974 sound like a match made in (H)oly (E)ager (L)ascivious (L)ayabouts!
BRANDY FRENCH #6: THE SATAN SNATCH by Kevin Blake (Eros Publishing 1974) 2005
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There is an FDA approved mechanical therapy called the Eros, which is a clitoris vacuum therapy device, but -- and it's extremely helpful, especially in women with orgasmic problems, but, not yet a pill.
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