venereal

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venereal

/vəˈnɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ UK
/vɪ-/ UK
/vəˈnɪ.ɹi.əl/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English venereal, venerealle (“of or relating to sexual intercourse”), from Latin venereus, venerius (“of or relating to sexual love”), from Venus (“Roman goddess of love”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”)) + -eus, -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

adjective venereall

not comparable Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse. Wouldſt thou not haue ſome Bulchin from the herd / To phyſicke thee of this venereall itch?
Similar: aphroditic, Cytherean
not comparable Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease. a venereal medicine
Opposite: nonvenereal
not comparable, obsolete Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful. The Venereall, are the delitious, laſcivious, mild, kinde, pleaſant, and tame; as the Calfe, cony, dog, goat, and ſcinck.
Similar: libidinous, lusty, venereous, ablaze, amorous, aroused, buckish, concupiscent, corny, desirous, drippy, DTF
not comparable, obsolete Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists). When after their beaſtly ſport and pleaſure Mounſieur Libid[inoſo] heat of luſt was ſomewhat aſſwaged, and ready to goe, féeling his pocket for a venereall remuneration [i.e., a copper coin] finds nothing but a Teſter, or at leaſt ſo little, that it was not ſufficient to pleaſe dame Pleaſure for her

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adj of a disease: sexually transmitted

Español	venéreo
日本語	性病の seibyō
中文	性病的 xìngbìng de
Português	venéreo
Français	vénérien, aphroditique
Deutsch	venerisch
Italiano	venereo
Română	veneric
Русский	венери́ческий veneríčeskij

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@misc{venereal_2026,
  title = {venereal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/venereal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}