Meanings
- rareuncountableElegance; physical beauty.
Nature hathe […] geven hym a bewtye – it is called maiestye, or venustie […] – wch passethe all other bewtye.
1559, William Barker, transl., The Nobility of Women2 more examples
To him Divine Providence presents the pure, tralucid tenerity of Madonnina Marcia Figlidelre, the caesarial auricolored sinuose venusty of Don Eros Ardeati […].
1909, Frederick Rolfe, Don RenatoShe was not really pretty, but she had all the bloom and venusty of youth, with those hazel eyes which seem almost golden when they take the light under dark lashes.
1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 67
Origin
- Latinvenustas
- Englishvenusty
From Latin venustas. Compare also Middle French vénusté.
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