venereous
/vɪˈnɪərɪəs
/adjective archaic
1Relating to sexual desire or sexual intercourse; venereal: amber and civet are thought to further venereous appetite...
- Heat and moisture are the parents of venereous desires.
- This signifies the gratification of venereous desires.
- There are some whose venereous and alcoholic cravings and whose craving for tobacco are very pronounced.
1.1Addicted to sexual pleasure; lustful: a boar so fierce and venereous...
- There is no kind (man only excepted) that is so venereous and nimble in generation as is a Horse or Mare.
- The Muscovites are extremely venereous.
- For many are less venereous, and not so hot, and do not with any great desire use copulation, but rather decline from it.
1.2Tending to arose sexual desire or excitement: venereous herbs and fruits...
- As for thine eyes, shut them and turne them aside from these venereous Venetian obiects.
- Mushrooms are a Venereous meat.
- Their judgment was overclouded by some venereous fumes and vapors.