variants
or less commonly erotical
1
: of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
erotic art
2
: strongly marked or affected by sexual desire
erotic
noun
Examples of erotic in a Sentence
the erotic aspects of the story of Beauty and the Beast
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The museum displays some 4,000 pieces of erotic art owner Naomi Wilzig has collected over the years.
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Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Wilzig’s adults-only destination is believed to be the only museum in the United States solely dedicated to fine erotic art.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Through a red chain-link curtain is a back room containing the likes of Screw, Al Goldstein’s erotic tabloid from the sixties and seventies.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Some flyers last month, for example, were treated to a version of Lionsgate’s erotic thriller The Housemaid which delivered the thriller but seriously toned down the erotic.
—Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
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Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Wilzig’s adults-only destination is believed to be the only museum in the United States solely dedicated to fine erotic art.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Through a red chain-link curtain is a back room containing the likes of Screw, Al Goldstein’s erotic tabloid from the sixties and seventies.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Some flyers last month, for example, were treated to a version of Lionsgate’s erotic thriller The Housemaid which delivered the thriller but seriously toned down the erotic.
—Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for erotic
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“Erotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erotic. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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erotic
adjective
erot·ic
i-ˈrät-ik 
: of, relating to, or marked by sexual love or desire
eroticism
noun
-ˈrät-ə-ˌsiz-əm
Medical Definition
erotic
adjective
erot·ic
i-ˈrät-ik
variants
also erotical
1
: of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
2
: strongly marked or affected by sexual desire
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