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In some senses, venereal is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
due, fair, fallacious
VERB + VENEREAL
contracted, looks, untreated
VENEREAL + NOUN
disease, softn'd
PREP.
with
adj
Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse.
Wouldſt thou not haue ſome Bulchin from the herd / To phyſicke thee of this venereall itch?
[B]ecauſe ſuch hot temperaments are prone to Venerie, hence the Poets feigned, that Mars lay with Venus; and withall to ſhew, how much ſouldiers are given to Venereall luſts; [...]
Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.
a venereal medicine
[...] I like not his countenance; I am afraid he labours of the venereall murre.
Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful.
The Venereall, are the delitious, laſcivious, mild, kinde, pleaſant, and tame; as the Calfe, cony, dog, goat, and ſcinck.
Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).
When after their beaſtly ſport and pleaſure Mounſieur Libid[inoſo] heat of luſt was ſomewhat aſſwaged, and ready to goe, féeling his pocket for a venereall remuneration [i.e., a copper coin] finds nothing but a Teſter, or at leaſt ſo little, that it was not ſufficient to pleaſe dame Pleaſure for her hire. [...] My Ladie would not beléeue Monſ. Libid. a great while, but ſearched and féeled for more coine, [...]
adjective — of or relating to the external sex organs
Wouldſt thou not haue ſome Bulchin from the herd / To phyſicke thee of this venereall itch?
Wiktionary[B]ecauſe ſuch hot temperaments are prone to Venerie, hence the Poets feigned, that Mars lay with Venus; and withall to ſhew, how much ſouldiers are given to Venereall luſts; [...]
WiktionaryThen ſwoll'n with pride into the ſnare I fell / Of fair, fallacious looks, venereal trains, / Softn'd with pleaſure and voluptuous life; [...]
WiktionaryI'm afraid I've contracted a venereal disease.
Tatoeba · #271268Tom's bladder burst due to untreated venereal disease.
Tatoeba · #6861929i Register
In some senses, venereal is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.