单词 | mount of venus |
释义 | mount of Venusn. 1. = mons veneris n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > pubes > [noun] > parts of mount of Venus1604 mons veneris1659 mons pubis1682 mons1828 1604 Wit of Woman i. i. sig. B2 Now for you Sir, you are Apelles for your artificial spirit, and when you come to the mount of Venus, if your Pensill fall, giue ouer your occupation. 1726 H. Baker Regions of Love in Orig. Poems ii. 51 Beyond two Hills, whose beauteous Summits rise With equal Grace, a pleasant Valley lies... Just in the Midst, an antient Land-mark stands..And here the Traveller begins to prove Refreshing Odours from the Groves of Love. From this, streight on, the Mount of Venus lies. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Venus Mount of Venus, Mons Veneris, among Anatomists, is a little hairy Protuberance, in the middle of the Pubes of Women. 1865 ‘Philocomus’ Love Feast i. 7 The pouting cunt which closely lies Nestled within the mossy bed That o'er the Mount of Venus spread. 1985 G. Ewart Young Pobble's Guide Toes i. 65 All the sly sophisticated Byrons who delight only in a town's environs. The Mount of Venus is the hill they see, where every hair in close-up is a tree. 2. Palmistry. = mons veneris n. 1. Cf. mount n.1 5. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > other parts of quadranglec1450 breast?1541 mons venerisa1637 mount of Venus1695 heel of the hand1704 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > fleshy prominence > under the thumb mons venerisa1637 mount of Venus1695 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love ii. i. 19 She has..a moist Palm, and an open Liberality on the Mount of Venus. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Venus Among Chiromancers, the Mount of Venus is a little Eminence in the Palm of the Hand, at the Root of one of the Fingers. 1900 I. Oxenford Mod. Palmistry 22 The Mount of Venus encircles the root of the thumb, and is bounded more or less by the Life-line. 1986 R. Pollack Teach yourself Fortune Telling i. 35 The mount of Venus forms the third phalanx of the thumb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasgirdle (also mound, mount, ring) of Venus 9. girdle (also mound, mount, ring) of Venus, in palmistry (see quots.); also mount of Venus, in anatomy (see quot. 17281).Cf. 1653 for Venus's girdle n. at Compounds 2c. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand > mark encircling root of thumb girdle (also mound, mount, ring) of Venus1865 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love ii. i. 21 She has..a moist Palm, and an open Liberality on the Mount of Venus. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Mount of Venus, Mons Veneris, among Anatomists, is a little hairy Protuberance, in the middle of the Pubes of Women. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Among Chiromancers, the Mount of Venus is a little Eminence in the Palm of the Hand, at the Root of one of the Fingers. 1865 R. Beamish Psychonomy of Hand 31 The line of Saturn, the ring of Venus, and the line of Apollo. 1894 P. Bello Palmistry 21 The Girdle of Venus is a line describing a semicircle, extending from between the Mounts of Jupiter and Saturn to the Mount of Mercury. This girdle is generally absent. 1900 I. Oxenford Mod. Palmistry 22 The Mount of Venus encircles the root of the thumb, and is bounded more or less by the Life-line. mount of Venus 9. girdle (also mound, mount, ring) of Venus, in palmistry (see quots.); also mount of Venus, in anatomy (see quot. 17281).Cf. 1653 for Venus's girdle n. at Compounds 2c. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand > mark encircling root of thumb girdle (also mound, mount, ring) of Venus1865 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love ii. i. 21 She has..a moist Palm, and an open Liberality on the Mount of Venus. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Mount of Venus, Mons Veneris, among Anatomists, is a little hairy Protuberance, in the middle of the Pubes of Women. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Among Chiromancers, the Mount of Venus is a little Eminence in the Palm of the Hand, at the Root of one of the Fingers. 1865 R. Beamish Psychonomy of Hand 31 The line of Saturn, the ring of Venus, and the line of Apollo. 1894 P. Bello Palmistry 21 The Girdle of Venus is a line describing a semicircle, extending from between the Mounts of Jupiter and Saturn to the Mount of Mercury. This girdle is generally absent. 1900 I. Oxenford Mod. Palmistry 22 The Mount of Venus encircles the root of the thumb, and is bounded more or less by the Life-line. < n.1604 as lemmas |
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