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veinal
English
Etymology
From vein +? -al.
Adjective
veinal (not comparable)
- (now chiefly botany) Pertaining to or contained in veins, especially the veins of a leaf. [from 15th c.]
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 56:
- He supplemented the already-satisfying mixture with his secret touch […], which was to employ a sprinkling of Cobalt Blue, this simulating the depleted veinal blood that circulated just below the human epidermis.
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 56:
Anagrams
- Lavine, alevin, alvine, leavin', valine, venial, vineal
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venial
English
Etymology
From Old French venial, from Late Latin veni?lis (“pardonable”), from Latin venia (“forgiveness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?vi?ni.?l/
Adjective
venial (comparative more venial, superlative most venial)
- Pardonable; able to be forgiven.
- a venial sin
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man
- He did not say that he should favour such an attempt; But he did say that such an attempt would be venial.
- Excusable; trifling
- His venial youthful indiscretions.
Usage notes
Venial behavior (mildly wrong behavior) is not to be confused with venal behavior (bribery/corruption).
Antonyms
- (pardonable): mortal
Translations
Anagrams
- Lavine, alevin, alvine, leavin', valine, veinal, vineal
Old French
Alternative forms
- veniel
Adjective
venial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular veniale)
- venial
Descendants
- ? English: venial
Piedmontese
Etymology
From Late Latin veni?lis (“pardonable”), from Latin venia (“forgiveness”).
Adjective
venial
- venial
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin veni?lis (“pardonable”), from Latin venia (“forgiveness”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /veni?aw/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /v??nja?/
Adjective
venial m or f (plural veniais, comparable)
- venial (pardonable; able to be forgiven)
- venial (excusable; trifling)
Synonyms
- perdoável
Further reading
- “venial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin veni?lis (“pardonable”), from Latin venia (“forgiveness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be?njal/, [be?njal]
- Hyphenation: ve?nial
Adjective
venial (plural veniales)
- venial, petty
Further reading
- “venial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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