pornograph
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pornograph¹
- /ˈpɔːnəɡɹɑːf/ UK
- /ˈpɔːnəɡɹæf/ UK
- /ˈpɔɹnəˌɡɹæf/ US
Where it comes from
From the French pornographe.
noun pornographs
- A pornographer.
pornograph²
- /ˈpɔːnəɡɹɑːf/ UK
- /ˈpɔːnəɡɹæf/ UK
- /ˈpɔɹnəˌɡɹæf/ US
Where it comes from
Likely a back-formation from pornography. By surface analysis, porno- + -graph.
noun pornographs
- A piece of pornography; a pornographic image or text. Of the four great Middle Aged poets (Chaucer, Gore, Pearl the Poet, and the Peerless Plowman), Chaucer was the first who dared forsake the classic Latin of his father to write in his mother’s tongue. In early youth Chaucer commenced The Canterbury Tales, a parchment of fools based on Boccaccio’s Con
adjective
- Pornographic. The breakthrough of the pornograph movie into mass release in the United States was the phenomenon of the years after 1973.
Talk about this word "pornograph." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pornograph. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pornograph. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pornograph "pornograph." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pornograph.Cite this
@misc{pornograph_2026,
title = {pornograph},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pornograph},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
