Meaning of kruptadia | Babel Free

Definitions

Erotica.

plural, plural-only, rare

Examples

“We may also assume⟳ that the kruptadia, still in manuscript, which Nashe wrote for the delight of the young rufflers of the Court and for the filling of his own⟳ very ill-garnished pockets, will not be printed.”

“the word “pornography” [...] is, I am aware, not altogether a satisfactory term, but it seems to me better than the ones usually used. The D.N.B., for example, offers the quaint “Kruptadia,” which is clearly impossible.”

“This is a curious book about far more "curious and uncommon books"; kruptadia, forbidden erotic literature "of an incandescent kind".”

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