Erotic – Tending to arouse sexual desire

(Pronounced ir-rot-ik)

To remember the definition of the word erotic, use the following mnemonic:

Eros loved tickling (erotic) people but it always seemed to arouse sexual desire.

Examples of erotic in a sentence

The school trip was surprised to see a lot of the paintings in the gallery featured erotic scenes.

The bored housewife read erotic fiction.

Some of the costumes were a little too erotic for the family friendly costume party.