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venusty

venusty noun: elegance; physical beauty.

Noun

venusty (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Elegance; physical beauty.
    • Nature hathe […] geven hym a bewtye – it is called maiestye, or venustie […] – wch passethe all other bewtye.1559, William Barker, transl., The Nobility of Women
    • To him Divine Providence presents the pure, tralucid tenerity of Madonnina Marcia Figlidelre, the caesarial auricolored sinuose venusty of Don Eros Ardeati […].1909, Frederick Rolfe, Don Renato

Origin of venusty

From Latin venustas. Compare also Middle French vénusté.

Questions about venusty

What does venusty mean?
Venusty means elegance; physical beauty.
What part of speech is venusty?
Venusty is a noun.

Words near venusty in the dictionary

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

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