erect
English
/ɪˈɹɛkt/
adj
Definitions
- Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
- (of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
- (of a man) Having an erect penis
- (obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
- (obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
- Watchful; alert.
- (heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English erect derived from Latin ērectus (upright).
Origin
Latin
ērectus
Gloss
upright
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- erectable English
- erecter English
- erectest English
- erecteth English
- erective English
- erectly English
- erectness English
- erectogenic English
- erectopatent English
- erectophile English
- inerect English
- nonerect English
- patent English
- piloerect English
- re-erect English
- reerect English
- semierect English
- suberect English
- *erctus Latin
- erigere Latin
- ērectus Latin
- ērigere Latin
- eretto Italian
- erto Italian
- ériger French
- erecto Spanish, Castilian
- erigir Spanish, Castilian
- erect Middle English
- erektar Ido