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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