erogenous

1. 1.

   sensitive to sexual stimulation

   Similarsensitive

Questions about erogenous

What does erogenous mean?

erogenous means "sensitive to sexual stimulation".

How many syllables are in erogenous?

erogenous has 4 syllables and divides as e-ro-ge-nous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is erogenous a common word?

erogenous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.