Venereal
[vəˈnɪəriəl] or [və'nɪrɪəl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual love; relating to sexual intercourse.
(a.) Arising from sexual intercourse; as, a venereal disease; venereal virus or poison.
(a.) Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal medicines.
(a.) Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
(a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus.
(n.) The venereal disease; syphilis.
Typist: Penelope
Definition
adj. pertaining to or arising from sexual intercourse: exciting desire for sexual intercourse: curing venereal diseases.—adj. Venē′reous lascivious: stimulating sexual desire aphrodisiac.—n. Ven′ery sexual intercourse.
Checker: Lorenzo
Examples
- No one would take a census of prostitution, illegitimacy, adultery, or venereal disease for a statement of reliable facts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- One reads in the report of the Vice Commission that many public hospitals in Chicago refuse to care for venereal diseases. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Checker: Lorenzo