venereous (venereus)

[= Sp. venéreo = Pg. It. venereo, reo us. Lust is the fire that doth maintaine the life Of the venereous man (but sets at strife The soule & body). Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 119. The male is le er than the female, and very vene Derham, Physico Theol., iv. 15, note s. 2. Giving vigor for or inclination to sexual intercourse; aphrodisiac: as, venereous drugs. No marvell if he brought us home nothing but a meer tankard drollery, a venereous parjetory for a stewes. Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. venerer (ven'èr-ér), n. [ venery + -er1.] One who watches game; a gamekeeper; a hunter. Our Venerers , Prickers, and Verderers. Browning , Flight of the Duche , x. Veneridæ