Pornography

Pornography Por*nog"ra*phy, n. [Gr. ? a harlot + -graphy.] 1. Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies. [1913 Webster]

2. (Med.) A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution. [1913 Webster]

3. obscene pictures, writings, drawings, motion pictures, videos, or the like intended primarily to cause sexual arousal and having little or no artistic merit; also, the content of such materials. [PJC]