[f. Gr. ἔρως, ἔρωτ-ος + -ISM. Cf. Fr. érotisme.] Path. Sexual excitement. b. = EROTICISM. rare.
1849. Lancet, I. 538/2. The erotism is excited by … the medical practitioner.
1875. H. C. Wood, Therap. (1879), 563. The general perturbation too great, for erotism to be induced.
1888. Athenæum, 18 Aug., 220/3. The love sonnets … are free alike from erotism and from mawkishness.
