Welcome back to Write Big Sexy Words!

Hello Word Nerds, it’s time to stretch your vocabulary again and exude the writerly
confidence of someone who is packing a big, juicy, personal lexicon.

It couldn’t be easier: on the first of the month, each month, I will share a blog post containing
9 big sexy words and their definitions, along with examples that use them in an erotic context.
Feel free to use the words and phrases as writing prompts or simply as a resource to bolster
your vocabulary and add some new words to your already brilliant writing ideas.

If you use these big sexy words, (and even if you don’t!) feel free to link up your post(s) at the
bottom of this post.

February’s Big Sexy Words

This set of nine words will be right at home in your smutty stories this month, because the
February words are all related to the two great muses of the erotica writer: Love & Lust. With
St. Valentine’s Day in the middle of the month, it’s a no-brainer to use words that describe
and express the pulse of desire and longing that unites us all. To love and lust is to be human
and to be human is to create, so go forth and multiply your vocab with these nine hot, sweet
and sticky words to get your blood pumping and your words flowing.
Type Word Definition Example
noun tempest a violent storm Decades of longing had made a tempest of my love, an all consuming
cataclysm of the heart.
adjective engorged swollen, as if filled with fluid Our lips were engorged from hours of eager kisses and bites, a subtle but
delicious nod to our mutual desire.
verb covet a strong or obsessive desire Luca reasoned with himself that it was better to covet Joshua from a safe
to acquire or possess distance than it was to disrupt his happy marriage to Soren.
something
verb suffuse to spread or permeate Collette yearned to watch the blush in in Jane’s cheeks suffuse and crawl
down the slope of her neck and disappear below her collar.
noun paramour a lover, particularily of an Exhausted by the thought of another sycophantic paramour, Dr. Shahzad
extramarital relationship deleted the app and sighed as she answered her husband’s text: home
soon, don’t wait up.
adjective dewy characteristic of dew; Reaching between their own legs was a comfort, something about the
freshly dampened smell and dewy sweetness of their cunt made everything momentarily
feel okay.
adjective pliant pliable or impressionable Walking into the converted church, Warren could feel himself already
giving over to the energy of the ceremony. His body and mind felt pliant
and hungry for the pain and control he would face when he reached the
altar.
noun fervor intense or passionate Your fervor is no match for my belt, Little One.
feeling
noun seraph an angelic creature of the Six foot seven in thigh high boots, Rex was a formidable character; both
highest order sinner and seraph, and he wielded a bullwhip like no other.
Full list of words from this list:
detritus
loose material that is worn away from rocks
denouement
the outcome of a complex sequence of events
scavenge
clean refuse from
scowl
frown with displeasure
mire
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
bathetic
very sentimental or emotional
specious
plausible but false
esurient
extremely hungry
maudlin
very sentimental or emotional
indite
produce a literary work
jot
write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
 legerdemain
an illusory feat
aplomb
great coolness and composure under strain
recalcitrant
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
pragmatic
concerned with practical matters
distraught
deeply agitated especially from emotion
contrite
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
brae
a slope or hillside
alibi
proof that someone accused of a crime could not have done it
jeopardy
a source of danger
groggy
stunned or confused and slow to react
fickle
liable to sudden unpredictable change
 dangle
hang freely
shuffle
walk by dragging one's feet
vizier
a high government official in some Muslim countries
verdigris
a green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze
whimsical
determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
exhilaration
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
slough
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
gliding
the activity of flying a glider
poise
hold or carry in equilibrium
fondling
affectionate play
prolate
having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
astonish
affect with wonder
prurient
characterized by lust
distraught
deeply agitated especially from emotion
eulogy
a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
cloying
overly sweet