erection
/ɪˈɹɛkʃən/ noun
Forms erections
- noun (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something.
- noun (countable) Anything erected or built. “The Empire State Building was once the world's tallest erection.”
- noun (uncountable or countable, ecclesiastical) Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.
- noun (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
- noun (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
- noun (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect. “He placed his newspaper on his lap to hide his erection.”
Synonyms
building construction babymaker boner bone bonk-on bonny chubby fatty hard-on lob-on lumber pocket rocket prong rager rod-on schlong shaft stiffy stiffie erecting
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- (“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.
- noun The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
Etymology [L. erectio: cf. F. érection.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “erection”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details