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noun an erect penis
noun a structure that has been erected
noun the act of building or putting up
originBorrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- (“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō.
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