Paphʹian.

Relating to Venus, or rather to Paphos, a city of Cyprus, where Venus was worshipped; a Cyprian; a prostitute.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Panurge
Panyer Stone (The)
Pap
Papa, Father
Papal Slippers (The)
Paper
Paper a House (To)
Paper King
Paper Marriages
Paper-stainer (A)
Paphian
Papimany
Papyra
Papyri
Par. (A)
Par (At)
Paracelsists
Paraclete
Paradise
Paradise Lost
Paradise Regained (in four books)