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venereal

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8 lettersPronunciation /vəˈnɪə.ɹɪ.əl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeeelnrvStarts with VEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of or relating to the external sex organs

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • 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; [...]

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