GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Pornography (?), 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.
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2. (Med.) A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution.
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3. obscene pictures, writings, drawings, motion pictures, videos, or the like intended primarily to cause sexual arousal and having little or no artistic merit; also, the content of such materials.
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