Venereal

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Venereal \Ve*ne"re*al\, a. [L. venereus, venerius, fr. Venus,
     Veneris, Venus, the goddess of love. See {Venerate}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual love; relating to
        sexual intercourse.
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              Into the snare I fell
              Of fair, fallacious looks, venereal trains,
              Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. (Med.)
        (a) Arising from sexual intercourse; as, a venereal
            disease; venereal virus or poison.
        (b) Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal
            medicines.
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     3. Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
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     4. Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called
        by chemists Venus. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Venereal \Ve*ne"re*al\, n. (Med.)
     The venereal disease; syphilis.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  venereal
       adj : of or relating to the external sex organs; "genital herpes";
             "venereal disease" [syn: {genital}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "venereal":
     amorous, aphrodisiac, aphroditous, arousing, carnal, erogenic,
     erogenous, erotic, eroticizing, erotogenic, fleshly, gamic,
     genital, heterosexual, libidinal, nuptial, oversexed, potent,
     procreative, sensual, sex, sexed, sexlike, sexual, sexy, social,
     stimulating, straight, syphilitic, undersexed, voluptuous