Pornography \Por*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? a harlot + -graphy.]
1. Licentious painting or literature; especially, the
painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms
devoted to bacchanalian orgies.
2. (Med.) A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |