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erotic: erotic: [17] Érōs was the Greek word for ‘sexual love’ (as opposed to agápē ‘brotherly love’ and philía ‘friendship’). The concept was personified in Greek mythology as Érōs, the boy-god of love. Its adjectival derivative erōtikós arrived in English via French érotique.
auto-erotic (adj.): 1898, coined by Havelock Ellis from auto- + erotic. Related: Auto-eroticism.
carotid (adj.): 1540s, "pertaining to the two great arteries of the neck," from Greek karotides "great arteries of the neck," plural of karotis, from karoun "plunge into sleep or stupor," because compression of these arteries was believed to cause unconsciousness (Galen). But if this is folk etymology, the Greek word could be from kara "head," related to kranion "skull, upper part of the head," from PIE root *ker- (1) "horn, head" (see horn (n.)).
erotic (adj.): 1650s, from French érotique (16c.), from Greek erotikos "caused by passionate love, referring to love," from eros (genitive erotos) "sexual love" (see Eros). Earlier form was erotical (1620s).
erotica (n.): 1820, noun use of neuter plural of Greek erotikos "amatory" (see erotic); originally a booksellers' catalogue heading.
Force Flame
And with a Blonde push
Over your impotence
Flits Steam
[Emily Dickinson, #854, c. 1864]
eroticism (n.): 1853, from erotic + -ism.
eroticize (v.): 1914, from erotic + -ize. Related: Eroticized; eroticizing.
homoerotic (adj.): also homo-erotic, 1916, from homo- (2) "homosexual" + erotic.
microtia (n.): "abnormal smallness of the ear," 1881, Medical Latin, from micro- + Greek ous (genitive otos) "ear" (see ear (n.)) + abstract noun ending -ia.
neurotic (adj.): 1775, "acting upon or stimulating the nerves," from Greek neuron "nerve" (see neuro-) + -otic, as in hypnotic. Sense of "affected by neurosis" is 1887. The noun meaning "a neurotic person" is from 1896. Related: Neurotically.
neuroticism (n.): 1894, from neurotic + -ism.
parotid (adj.): "situated near the ear," 1680s, from French parotide (1540s), or directly from Latin parotid-, stem of parotis, from Greek parotis "tumor near the ear," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + ot-, stem of ous "ear" (see ear (n.1)). As a noun, "the parotid gland."
protist (n.): 1869, from Modern Latin Protista (German Protisten, Haeckel, 1868), from Greek neuter plural of protistos "the very first," superlative of protos "first" (see proto-).
Rotifera (n.): class of microscopic freshwater organisms, 1830, Modern Latin, from Rotifer (Leeuwenhoek, 1702), from Latin rota "wheel" (see rotary) + -fer "bearing" (see bear (v.)). The animalcules use rotary organs to swim about.
rotisserie (n.): 1868, "restaurant where meat is roasted on a spit," from French rôtisserie "shop selling cooked food, restaurant," from present participle stem of rôtir "to roast," from Old French rostir (see roast (v.)). As an in-home cooking apparatus, attested from 1953. Manufacturers (or their copy writers) back-formed a verb, rotiss (1958). Rotisserie league (1980), a form of fantasy baseball, is based on La Rotisserie, the Manhattan restaurant where it was conceived.
sclerotic (adj.): early 15c., "pertaining to sclerosis," from medical Latin scleroticus, from Greek skleroun (see sclerosis). Figurative meaning "unchanging, rigid" is from 1961.
serotine (adj.): "late," 1590s, from French sérotine, from Latin serotinus "that which comes late; that which happens in the evening," from sero, adverb of serus "late" (see soiree). Also as a noun, a type of small, brown bat, from 1771. Related: serotinous, in botany (1880) "appearing later in the season than usual."
xerotic (adj.): "characterized by dryness," 1901, from stem of xero- + -ic.
orotic aciduria: "Excessive excretion of orotic acid in the urine; specifically a genetic (autosomal recessive) disorder of pyrimidine metabolism in humans, in which deficient activity of the enzyme uridine monophosphate synthase, which catalyses the two-step conversion of orotic acid to uridine monophosphate, results in the accumulation of orotic acid and in megaloblastic anaemia that responds to uridine administration", 1950s; earliest use found in Journal of Clinical Investigation. From orotic acid + -uria.
dicrotic: "Denoting a pulse in which a double beat is detectable for each beat of the heart", Early 19th century: from Greek dikrotos 'beating twice' + -ic.
parotic: "Situated beside or near the ear; parotid", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868). From para- + otic. Compare French parotique.