olisbos

From Ancient Greek ὄλισβος (ólisbos), from ὀλισθάνειν (olisthánein, “to slip, glide”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒlɪzbəs/

olisbos (plural olisboi or olisbos)

1. A dildo.
   • 1958, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:

     I had blazed in her face an olisbos-like flashlight.

   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     At quiet hour in the afternoon they were adepts of the olisbos, baubon, and finger.

   • 1932, Sexual Life in Ancient Greece, Panther 1969, p. 287:

     A bowl of Pamphaeus in the British Museum shows a naked hetaira who has two olisboi in her hand; apparently there is a similar representation on a bowl of Euphronius.

olisbos m (plural olisbos)

1. dildo (artificial phallus)

• godemichet
• gode
• dildo

• “olisbos” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).