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venust

venust adjective: beautiful; having an attractive appearance.

Adjective

venust (comparative more venust, superlative most venust)

  1. (obsolete) beautiful; having an attractive appearance
    • The variant vestur of the venust vaill.1513, Gavin Douglas, The Aeneid
    • The Chancellour pretermits no Animadverſion that may adorn the Law, and make it venuſt and taking[…]1663, Edward Waterhouse, Fortescutus Illustratus

Forms of venust

comparativemore venust
superlativemost venust

Origin of venust

From Latin venustus, from Venus (“the goddess of love”).

Questions about venust

What does venust mean?
Venust means beautiful; having an attractive appearance.
What part of speech is venust?
Venust is an adjective.

Words near venust in the dictionary

  1. Venusian
  2. Venusians
  3. Venuslike
  4. venusquake
  5. venusquakes
  6. venust
  7. venustraphobia
  8. venusty
  9. Venuti
  10. Venutian
  11. Venutians

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