a. and sb.; also anti-aph-. [mod. f. ANT- + Gr. ἀφροδισιακ-ός, f. ἀφροδίσιος venereal, f. Ἀφροδίτη Venus.]
A. adj. Tending to counteract venereal desire.
1742. Bailey, Antaphrodisiack, a Term given to Medicines that extinguish Venereal Desires: also Antivenereal.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 12. The whole of this order [the water lily tribe] has the reputation of being antiaphrodisiac.
1899. Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 19 Nov., 28/7. But in other towns and other times the patient will merely call for an antiseptic chop or an antiphrodisiac cutlet or an antifebrile fowl and cure himself at the table.
B. sb. A medicine or application so used.
1753. in Chambers, Cycl. Supp.
1788. Edinb. New Disp. (1791), 119. These seeds have been celebrated as antiphrodisiacs.
