The word "aphrodisiac" is a correct and usable English word.
An aphrodisiac is defined as a food, drink, drug, or other substance that stimulates sexual desire. You can use the word "aphrodisiac" in any context that relates to sexual desire or arousal. For example: "The strawberries have a natural aphrodisiac quality, which can make them a great addition to a romantic evening meal."
Claimed to be an aphrodisiac, it can be worth more than its weight in gold.
It warns readers against unproven remedies such as relying on prayer, drinking salt water and eating bitter kola, a folk remedy for colds and an aphrodisiac.
This unusual medicine, consisting of the remains of a caterpillar from which a thin fungus of similar length has sprouted, is said to be a powerful aphrodisiac and antidote to fatigue.
All three seal products have been exported in the past, as have seal penises, which are eaten as an aphrodisiac in Asia.
The uncalm south Still waiting for real democracy Poachers prevail It's a hit It doesn't toll for thee ReprintsLong prized in South-East Asia for its supposed medicinal and aphrodisiac vim, rhino horn is now being peddled as a cure for cancer too.
Everything was exotic: the Japanese interior, habits, sounds and flavours, spiced up with anecdotes from Rolf Anschütz, the passionate chef and manager, about Japanese food and its effects on body and mind (mainly aphrodisiac, he said).
CONTRARY to widespread belief in China and South-East Asia, the rhinoceros horn has no proven medicinal or aphrodisiac qualities.
Eighteenth-century oyster girls, for example, were reputedly willing to give practical proof of the mollusc's aphrodisiac qualities, although it is hard to see how they could have devoted their full attention to both sides of the business at once.Inns and taverns were the main indoor public eating establishments until the late 17th century.
John Keats, "With anguish moist and fever dew", poured out his ineffable poetry as the disease accelerated.An interesting aside to this is the aphrodisiac effect of tuberculosis, so familiar to staff working in sanatoriums.
In fact the film, like the book, often seems more of a paean to the aphrodisiac powers of fast cars and trips in helicopters and gliders than anything more outré.
Returning to London two years later, he experimented with his milk recipe and, having perfected it, sold it to a Soho grocer, whose successors sold it on to Cadbury's.Like other mysteriously alluring substances, chocolate has from time to time been regarded as an aphrodisiac.
