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单词 venerous
释义 ˈvenerous, a.
Also 6 venerus.
[f. L. Vener-, Venus: see -ous and cf. obs. F. venereux.]
1. = venereal a. 1. Obs.
1562W. Bullein Bk. Simples (1579) 10 Dandelion..with Roses and Vineger..rebateth venerous and fleshly heat.1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits xv. (1596) 265 Men who desire to satisfie their venerous lusts, do yet greatly shame to confesse it.1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 655 Hee was not so forward in venerous matters, nor given much to women.1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. ii. iii, For a remedy of venerous passions.1651H. More Enthus. Tri. (1712) 37 A measurable Abstinence..from all venerous pleasures and tactual delights of the Body.
2. = venereous a. 2. Now rare.
1597Legh's Armory 54 b, The Goate, sayeth Isidore, is verie venerous.1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 60 She is a venerous bird.1651H. More Enthus. Tri. (1712) 25 For it is very hard to find an healthy body very comely and beautiful, but the same proves more than ordinarily venerous and lustful.1968W. D. Jordan White over Black i. 33 Long before the first English contact with West Africa, the inhabitants of virtually the entire continent stood confirmed in European literature as lustful and venerous.
3. = venereous a. 3. Obs.
1587Harrison Descr. Brit. ii. vi. in Holinshed I. 167/1 The potato and such venerous roots as are brought out of Spaine, Portingale, and the Indies to furnish vp our bankets.1620Venner Via Recta vii. 137 They..are..of a venerous windy faculty.1651H. More Enthus. Tri. (1712) 28 For what means this bold purpose..but that his judgment was overclouded by some venerous fumes and vapours?
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