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venereal.

Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/vəˈnɪə.ɹɪ.əl/Received-Pronunciation/vɪ-/Received-Pronunciation/vəˈnɪ.ɹi.əl/General-American
  1. Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse.

    not-comparable
  2. Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.

    not-comparable
    a venereal medicine
  3. Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful.

    not-comparable · obsolete
  4. Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English venereal, venerealle (“of or relating to sexual intercourse”), from Latin venereus, venerius (“of or relating to sexual love”), from Venus (“Roman goddess of love”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”)) + -eus, -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

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