Noun: a Greek and Roman god of gardens and male generative power; phallus; phallic in shape; something lewd or obscene (definition on dictionary.com)
Etymology: 14th century; Latin, Greek.
Usage: Lots of Google books results. Here's a quote from On the Road (Penguin 20th Century Classics):
He wrote of Dean as a "child of the rainbow" who bore his torment in his agonized priapus. (pp 47-48)
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