Dildo
Glossary term
/ˈdɪldəʊ/
Also appears as: Dildology
Artificial erect penis. Also, given sufficient philosophy, a problem in teleology, literary history and insurance.
Appears in
Connections
Who uses the word
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester associated with text motif (2 passages)
- Thomas Nash ← character glossary (2 passages)
Literary echoes
- Nash his Dildo cross type correspondence
From the books (2 passages)
[Thomas Nash. The Choice of Valentines; or, Nash his Dildo 1592/3]
The earliest unambiguously dildological artefacts appear to be depictions on Greek vase art of the 1st millennium bc. Dildology rears its head at least twice more in certain lewd comedies of the ancient Greeks: in the Lysistrata of Aristophanes [411bc] and also in Herodas’s Mime vi [3rdc bc]. The latter offering relates the visit of the matron Metro to her friend Koritto, during which Metro attempts to wheedle out of…