different between libidinous vs venereal

English

Etymology

From Middle English libidinous, borrowed from Latin lib?din?sus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??b?.d?.n?s/

Adjective

libidinous (comparative more libidinous, superlative most libidinous)

1. Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.

Synonyms

• (having lustful desires): hot to trot, lascivious, lewd, licentious, lustful, wanton; See also Thesaurus:randy

Related terms

• libido
• libidinism
• libidinist
• libidinosity

Translations

English

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 *wenh?- (“to love”)) + -eus, -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??n??.??.?l/, /v?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /v??n?.?i.?l/
• Hyphenation: ve?ne?re?al

Adjective

venereal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms: aphroditic, (rare) Cytherean
2. Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.

   Antonym: nonvenereal

   a venereal medicine
3. (astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful.

   Synonyms: libidinous, (informal) lusty, (obsolete) venereous; see also Thesaurus:randy
4. (chemistry, obsolete) Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).

Alternative forms

• venereall (obsolete)

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References

Further reading

• “venereal” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “venereal”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• "venereal" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• leavener, valerene