venereal

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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?
   • [B]ecauſe ſuch hot temperaments are prone to Venerie, hence the Poets feigned, that Mars lay with Venus; and withall to ſhew, how much ſouldiers are given to Venereall luſts; [...]
   • Then ſwoll'n with pride into the ſnare I fell / Of fair, fallacious looks, venereal trains, / Softn'd with pleaſure and voluptuous life; [...]
2. 2

   Of a disease

   Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.

   • a venereal medicine
   • [...] I like not his countenance; I am afraid he labours of the venereall murre.
   • [...] Who can imagine that in a venereall ulcer, wherein there is corruption of the bone, there ſhould be two ſorts of ulcers ſpecifically differing? to wit, one in the fleſhy part, and another in the bone, the ſame humor cauſing both.
3. 3

   Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus

   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.
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   1. 4

      Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).

The neighborhood

• neighborveneration
• neighborvenerational
• neighborvenerative
• neighborvenerean
• neighborvenereous
• neighborVenus