venereal
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Is venereal a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful.Examples: "The Venereall, are the delitious, laſcivious, mild, kinde, pleaſant, and tame; as the Calfe, cony, dog, goat, and ſcinck."Synonyms: libidinous, lusty, venereous, ablaze, amorous, aroused, buckish, concupiscentnot-comparableobsolete
2. (chemistry, obsolete) Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).Examples: "When after their beaſtly ſport and pleaſure Mounſieur Libid[inoſo] heat of luſt was ſomewhat aſſwaged, and ready to goe, féeling his pocket for a venereall remuneration [i.e., a copper coin] finds nothing but a Teſter, or at leaſt ſo little, that it was not ſufficient to pleaſe dame Pleaſure for her hire. [...] My Ladie would not beléeue Monſ. Libid. a great while, but ſearched and féeled for more coine, [...]"not-comparableobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary