venereous

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adjective

venereal (of diseases)

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivevenereous (comparative more venereous, superlative most venereous)

comparative more venereous · superlative most venereous

  1. obsoletevenereal (of diseases)
  2. obsoleteexciting lust; aphrodisiac
  3. obsoletelustful; lascivious; libidinous

    The Males are less than the Females; are very venerous, endeavouring a Coit in the very Box in which they are hatch'd.

    1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC

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Origin

  1. Latinvenereus
  2. Englishvenereous

Latin venereus, venerius.

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