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Definition of Porno

1. Noun. Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire.

Definition of Porno

1. Adjective. Pornographic (defdate from the 1950s) ¹

2. Noun. Pornography. ¹

3. Noun. A pornographic film. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Porno

1. pornography [n -NOS] - See also: pornography

Literary usage of Porno

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ethno-geography of the Pomo and Neighboring Indians by Samuel Alfred Barrett (1908)
"The name porno, as the designation of a linguistic family,100 we owe to Stephen ... 100 Gibbs (Schoolcraft, III, 112) gives porno as the name of a people ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Jicarilla, and Piute were noted for beauty of design and execution, but the porno and other tribes of California excelled all in closeness and delicacy of ..."

3. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1860)
"... of potatoes attracted, deservedly, much attention. Cauliflowers were rather poor; but the Drumhead cabbages were marvels of size. The new Tomato " porno ..."

4. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"porno. The name of the Indian linguistic stock, technically known as ... In the northern porno dialect porno means ‘ people, ‘ and added to a place name ..."

5. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"... and Melo porno, hal. Engravings. P.ng. Hut., t. 179. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. rl. ; and oar fig. 773. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, ..."

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