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venereal

vəˈnɪriəl
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Text sheet accompanying the cartoon about the venerable Dutchman who distributes his treasures, c. 1780. Twelve lines of text printed in italics with dedication to the Vaderlandsche Maatschappij in Hoorn and the economic branch of the Hollandsche Maatschappij in Haarlem.
Text sheet accompanying the cartoon about the venerable Dutchman who distributes his treasures, c. 1780. Twelve lines of text printed in italics with dedication to the Vaderlandsche Maatschappij in Hoorn and the economic branch of the Hollandsche Maatschappij in Haarlem.
  1. (adj) venereal
    of or relating to the external sex organs "genital herpes","venereal disease"
Illustrations
Cartoon of the political relations between the Republic and England, c. 1780. The venerable Dutch merchant hands out money to hard-working workers, peasants and artists. Other investor links are being rejected. In the foreground, the Dutch Lion and the French rooster chase the English dog. See also the pendant. The print comes with a separately printed explanation.
Cartoon of the political relations between the Republic and England, c. 1780. The venerable Dutch merchant hands out money to hard-working workers, peasants and artists. Other investor links are being rejected. In the foreground, the Dutch Lion and the French rooster chase the English dog. See also the pendant. The print comes with a separately printed explanation.
Boniface chops down the sacred oak, the Donareik, venerated by the Germans.
Boniface chops down the sacred oak, the Donareik, venerated by the Germans.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Venereal
    Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
  2. Venereal
    (Med) Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal medicines.
  3. Venereal
    Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus.
  4. Venereal
    (Med) The venereal disease; syphilis.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. venereal
    Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual intercourse: as, venereal desire.
  2. venereal
    Arising from or connected with sexual intercourse: as, venereal disease; venereal virus or poison.
  3. venereal
    Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases: as, venereal medicines.
  4. venereal
    Fitted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
  5. venereal
    Of or pertaining to copper, which was formerly called by chemists Venus.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Venereal
    vē-nē′rē-al pertaining to or arising from sexual intercourse: exciting desire for sexual intercourse: curing venereal diseases
Quotations
Marcus T. Cicero
Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
Marcus T. Cicero
Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
Karl Kraus
George Jean Nathan
Patriotism is a arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
George Jean Nathan
Charles Baudelaire
We all have the republican spirit in our veins, like syphilis in our bones. We are democratized and venerealized.
Charles Baudelaire
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. venereus, venerius, fr. Venus, Veneris, Venus, the goddess of love. See Venerate

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L. venereusVenus, Venĕris, the goddess of love; conn. with L. venerāri.

Usage in the news

Danielle Masseria sits at the venerable piano many people identify with Bayshore Coffee. naplesnews.com

Demonstrators outside Bowling Green State University's Popular Culture House show their support for the venerable structure, which the university plans to demolish. toledoblade.com

When the venerable Admiral Benbow Inn finally gave up the ghost a few years ago, its passing was attended by fans, pirates, even the mayor. seattleweekly.com

Thane Ritchie, founder and CEO of Ritchie Capital Management, LLC—headquartered in Wheaton, where he also lives—is trying to buy the venerable but money-losing Newsweek magazine. chicagomag.com

Two venerable hotels, where JFK and Brando stayed, are full of style (and Beanie Babies). online.wsj.com

Honda's bread-and-butter car, the venerable Accord, returns for 2011 with a few changes, including "freshened" exteriors, improved fuel economy and some other tweaks designed to keep this vehicle's faithful fans happy. blog.seattlepi.com

The New York Times reports today on its front page of a course offered at New York University by that venerable institution's President, Dr John Sexton. commonwealmagazine.org

That was the situation a quarter-century ago in Seattle, nominally the year our venerable Landmark/Seven Gables theater chain was founded. seattleweekly.com

Steve Edwards, the venerable host of WBEZ's Afternoon Shift, is taking his considerable talent to the world of public policy and politics. bez.org

Medicare, the venerable health care program for the elderly, is under attack again. nytimes.com

Hans Vang 's modifications to the venerable Remington 870 police gun yield a more accurate and easier to shoot patrol weapon. policemag.com

Republicans venerate war wimps like Bush-Cheney, but Murphy is 'spoiled brat?'. tcpalm.com

The sun will come out "Tomorrow" at two area theaters this week, as both Blue Water Theatre Company and Minnetonka Theatre present the venerable musical classic. eeklynews.com

Venereal diseases, especially in young people, appear to be increasingly on the rise. planetjh.com

You can watch professionally trained bodies bending, leaping, and twirling every which way at the venerable Pacific Northwest Ballet. sunset.com

Usage in scientific papers

Hill and Scott’s (2009) informative commentary raises the venerable contrast between model-free and model-based estimators, to which we offer four points.
Rejoinder: Matched Pairs and the Future of Cluster-Randomized Experiments

The venerable tradition of trying to express scientific theories in terms of logic and set theory, as is evident in Quine [Quine, 1975] among others, is rather remote from the language of contemporary physics [Ladyman et al., 2007].
Empirical Equivalence, Artificial Gauge Freedom and a Generalized Kretschmann Objection

Here we present an analysis of the apsidal motion of V578 Mon using the state-of-the-art EB modeling software phoebe (Prˇsa & Zwitter 2005), which updates and extends the venerable Wilson-Devinney code (Wilson & Devinney 1971; Wilson 1979).
Apsidal Motion of the Massive, Benchmark Eclipsing Binary V578 Mon

A venerable principle holds that the Fourier transform of a measure is “small” in a meaningful sense when linear structure is absent, in certain circumstances.
On random multilinear operator inequalities

Indeed, the venerable Astrophysical Journal (ApJ) itself is sometimes described as having been born in order to communicate the new scientific insights that were forming in the wake of the invention of spectroscopy (Osterbrock 1995).
Fully Digital: Policy and Process Implications for the AAS

Usage in literature

The two ecclesiastics, both venerable men, were given seats. "1492" by Mary Johnston

Our venerable pastor would take nothing for himself. "The Case of The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study" by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner

We rightly venerate you as our boss. "Zuleika Dobson" by Max Beerbohm

The dead are venerable, but no longer of interest. "The Ninth Vibration And Other Stories" by L. Adams Beck

The chief magistrate was a venerable-looking man, with white hair and beard and a face of great sagacity. "Erewhon" by Samuel Butler

They looked at the venerable turgotine, and easily recognized it. "The Chouans" by Honore de Balzac

There it stood in the venerable majesty of more than two hundred years. "Grandfather's Chair" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Now we cannot doubt that the venerable Mael has observed these conditions. "Penguin Island" by Anatole France

Unless I heard it from you, a man I venerate, I could not believe it. "Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau" by Honore de Balzac

The works of those who have stood the test of ages have a claim to that respect and veneration to which no modern can pretend. "Seven Discourses on Art" by Joshua Reynolds

Usage in poetry
A BAYARD in his moral pluck
Without reproach or fear,
A quiet venerable duck
With fifty pounds a year.
You see gleam as the whole story,
not what’s venerable and high!
Only show their outer glory
to a dull indifferent eye.
Teach me, thou venerable bower,
Cool meditation's quiet seat,
The generous scorn of venal power,
The silent grandeur of retreat.
If social manners, if the gentlest mind,
If zeal for God, and love for human kind,
If all the charities which life endear,
May claim affection, or demand a tear,
Then, o'er Penrose's venerable urn
Domestic love may weep, and friendship mourn.
Fall'n as divided churches are, and gone
From the perfection of the Christian one.
Respect is due to any that contains,
The venerable, though but faint remains.
Of ancient rule, which had not, in its view
The letter only, but the spirit too.
What venerable father stands aghast
In yonder porch? Beneath the weight of years,
And crush of sorrow to the earth he bends.
He wrings his hands; casts a wild look to heaven,
And rends his hoary locks. He comes this way.
Heavens, it is Albemarle!—