Borrowed from Late Latin ithyphallicus, from Ancient Greek ἰθυφαλλικός, from ῑ̓θῠ́φαλλος + -ῐκός. is derived from ἰθῠ́ς (variant of εὐθῠ́ς) + φαλλός. The English word can be analysed as ithyphallus + -ic.
As regards the noun, compare Latin ithyphallicum ("poem with the same metre as the hymns to Priapus").
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