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Sexual desire is a subjective feeling state that can be triggered by both internal and external cues, and that may or may not result in overt sexual behaviour. [4] Desire can be aroused through imagination and sexual fantasies, or by perceiving an individual whom one finds attractive. [5]
Sehnsucht (Dreaming) by Heinrich Vogeler about 1900. In Greek mythology, the Erotes are the gods of loving Sehnsucht, found with Eros in the company of Aphrodite.. A common mythical explanation of the feeling of Sehnsucht is offered by Plato in his dialogue Symposium though the speech of Aristophanes, who presents a comic and unusual myth about spherical two-headed men.
Himeros (desire) and Philotes (affection) were bestowed upon the world by Aphrodite initiating sexual encounter; [4] they spoke words of love and winning talk that affected the minds and hearts of mortals and gods alike. [5] Himeros is closely associated with Pothos, the personification of passionate longing.
"Take" for R, abbreviation of the Latin word recipe, meaning "take". Most abbreviations can be found in the Chambers Dictionary as this is the dictionary primarily used by crossword setters. However, some abbreviations may be found in other dictionaries, such as the Collins English Dictionary and Oxford English Dictionary .
“I like, when I give a definition of boredom, to resort to this quote from Leo Tolstoy, from (his novel) ‘Anna Karenina,’ where he talks about ennui, or boredom, as ‘the desire for desires ...
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Eroticism (from Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) 'love, desire' and -ism) is a quality that causes sexual feelings, [1] as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality, and romantic love.
The term ephebophilia comes from the Ancient Greek: ἔφηβος ephebos (from epi "upon" + hebe "youth", "early manhood") defined as "a youth of eighteen to twenty, particularly one who underwent his dokimasia and was registered as a citizen (Athens)", and φιλία-philia ' love '. [3]