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veniable

veniable adjective: venial; pardonable.

Adjective

veniable (comparative more veniable, superlative most veniable)

  1. (obsolete) venial; pardonable
    • More veniable is a dependance upon the Philosophers stone, potable gold, or any of those Arcana's whereby Paracelsus that died himself at forty seven, gloried that he could make other men immortal.1672, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 6th edition, book 3, chapter 12

Forms of veniable

comparativemore veniable
superlativemost veniable

Origin of veniable

From Latin veniabilis, from venia (“forgiveness, pardon”).

Questions about veniable

What does veniable mean?
Veniable means venial; pardonable.
What part of speech is veniable?
Veniable is an adjective.

Words near veniable in the dictionary

  1. Vengo
  2. Venhuizen
  3. Venhuizens
  4. veni, vidi, vici
  5. veni-
  6. veniable
  7. venial
  8. venial sin
  9. venial sins
  10. venialities
  11. veniality

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