venereal
Adjective
- Relating to or transmitted by sexual intercourse.
- of or relating to the external sex organs
- "venereal disease"
Adj
- Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse.
- Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.
- Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful.
- Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).
Examples
- A VENEREAL puzzle on the board required a deeply intricate word placement.
Origin / Etymology
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).
Synonyms
genital, Cytherean, DTF, ablaze, amorous, aphroditic, aroused, buckish, concupiscent, desirous, excited, frisky, fuckish, gagging for it, hard, horny, hot, hot and bothered, hot to trot, in heat, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, lickerish, lustful, lusty, prurient, randy, ravenous, rock hard, ruttish, rutty, sexed up, stimulated, thirsty, toey, toey as a Roman sandal, turned on, unchaste, venereal, venereous, wanton
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
venereal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordvenereal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
venereal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary