- antaphrodisiac
- 1742 (adj.), 1753 (n.), "used against venereal disease;" see anti- + aphrodisiac.
- aphrodisiac (n.)
- 1719, from Greek aphrodisiakos "inducing sexual desire," from aphrodisios, "pertaining to Aphrodite; sexual pleasure; a temple of Aphrodite," Greek goddess of love and beauty. As an adjective from 1830 (earlier was aphrodisical, 1719)