True to his Paphian mother, trace by trace, / slowly the Love-god with prevenient art, / begins the lost Sychaeus to efface, / and living passion to a breast impart / long dead to feeling, and a vacant heart.
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Paphian
//ˈpeɪfɪən//
Synonyms for "paphian" (43 found)
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Translations
6 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- paphoslainen adj (of or relating to Paphos)
- kurtisaani noun ((literary) a prostitute)
- paphoslainen noun (resident of Paphos)
Russian
2 entries- распу́тный adj (pertaining to love or sexual desire, especially when illicit)
- куртиза́нка noun ((literary) a prostitute)
Spanish
1 entries- pafio adj (of or relating to Paphos)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Cease admiration, sit to Cupid's feast, / The preparation to Paphian dalliance.
Source: wiktionary
I lay, as it were, in the Paphian bower of bliss, in a state of exquisite sensations quite impossible to describe.
Source: wiktionary
People passed, but they held me not. Paphian eyes rayed upon me, and left me unscathed.
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