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venerous

venerous is the obsolete form of venereous.

Meaning of venereous

Adjective

venereous (comparative more venereous, superlative most venereous)

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

Forms of venerous

comparativemore venerous
superlativemost venerous

Questions about venerous

What is venerous the obsolete form of?
Venerous is the obsolete form of venereous.

Words near venerous in the dictionary

  1. veneroids
  2. venerological
  3. venerologist
  4. venerologists
  5. venerology
  6. venerous
  7. venery
  8. venesect
  9. venesected
  10. venesection
  11. venesections

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Adapted from Wiktionary: venerous (page history and authors); venereous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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