venereal

UK /vəˈnɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ US /vəˈnɪ.ɹi.əl/
adj 4

Definitions

adj

1

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; [...]

2

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.

3

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.

4

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, [...]

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