venereous

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English

Etymology

Latin venereus.

Adjective

venereous (comparative more venereous, superlative most venereous)

  1. (obsolete) venereal; exciting lust; aphrodisiac
  2. (obsolete) lustful; lascivious; libidinous
    • 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. , London: W Innys, , →OCLC:
      The Males are less than the Females; are very venerous, endeavouring a Coit in the very Box in which they are hatch'd.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for venereous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)