1. sotadic — of erotic or pornographic material (after Sotades, the first known Greek erotic poet)
The Victorian Age saw an avid interest in sotadic literature, in spite of (or perhaps because of) the supposedly repressed nature of the period.
2. tribadism — lesbianism
The tropes of pornography have little changed since the erotic poetry of the Greeks, in which sodomy and tribadism played their eternally subversive parts.
3. pleonasm — redundancy
Speaking of his absolutely unique style, the artist’s agent slipped into pleonasm.
4. gueridon — a small stand or table
Our caesar salad was prepared tableside upon a gueridon.
5. anniversary — the celebration of the yearly recurrence of a past event
Perhaps I take too much umbrage at their solicitude for the relationship, but celebrating the anniversary of their first latte together seems a trifle precious.
6. hedonic — of pleasure
The hedonic instinct is so strong in some that it brings in its wake most unpleasurable consequences.
7. noxious — unhealthy
From beneath the floorboards came the most noxious odor, evidence of the buried but unforgotten past.
8. picayune — trivial
The wedding planner’s customers made her life difficult with their picayune objections.
9. ambit — area of influence
Never have my thoughts left her since once I fell within the ambit of her lovely spirit.
10. estrus — a female’s period of sexual receptivity
Many Dionysian aspects of sex may be seen in the fact that estrus derives from the Greek word for gadfly or madness.