#72 aphrodisiac

#72 aphrodisiac- a drug, food, etc. that excites sexual desire

- from Greek aphrodisiakos, aphrodisios- belonging to Aphrodite

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier. ~Marya Mannes

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence. ~ Jean Baudrillard

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