venerious

Adjective

venerious (comparative more venerious, superlative most venerious)

1. (obsolete) Venereal.
   • But vnto man, and to diuers other land Creatures, the eating of much ſalt is very contagious, becauſe it maketh the bloud ſalt, and it breedes barenneſſe to mans bodie by the extreame ſiccitie thereof, and it maketh our ſeed ornature too ſharpe, but the ſame being moderatly taken, is very ſtirring...1594, H[ugh] Plat, Diuerse New Sorts of Soyle Not Yet Brought into Any Publique Vse, for Manuring Both of Pasture and Arable Ground, with Sundrie Concepted Practises Belonging Therunto, London: […]...
   • Which is, hee that preſumes with his alldaring quill to put forth lewde pamphlets, amorous loue ſongs, and wanton elegies, to ſet vp a venerious ſchoole: bluring and ſtaining the pure vnſpotted name of the muſes with his impure blemiſhes of art: let him ſing a foole a maſſe, and tell me that his...1607, T[homas] W[alkington], The Optick Glasse of Humors. Or The Touchstone of a Golden Temperature, or the Philosophers Stone to Make a Golden Temper, […], London: […] Iohn Windet for Martin Clerke...