ithyphallic vs taboo

ithyphallic

noun
  • A lascivious or obscene poem or song. 

  • A poem or song in an ithyphallic metre. 

adj
  • Pertaining to a metrical combination of two trochees followed by one spondee. 

  • Lascivious, obscene. 

  • Of a poem or song: having the metre of an ode sung in honour of the bacchic phallus. 

  • Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis. 

  • Of or pertaining to the erect phallus that was carried in bacchic processions. 

taboo

noun
  • An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. 

  • Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred. 

adj
  • Culturally forbidden. 

  • Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention. 

verb
  • To ban. 

  • To avoid. 

  • To mark as taboo. 

How often have the words ithyphallic and taboo occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )