venereal

Meanings

Adjective

of or relating to the external sex organs
- "venereal disease"

Adj

Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse.
Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.
Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful.
Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English venereal, venerealle (“of or relating to sexual intercourse”), from Latin venereus, venerius (“of or relating to sexual love”), from Venus (“Roman goddess of love”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”)) + -eus, -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

Synonyms

ablaze, amorous, aphroditic, aroused, buckish, concupiscent, Cytherean, desirous, DTF, excited, frisky, fuckish, gagging for it, genital, hard, horny, hot, hot and bothered, hot to trot, in heat, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, lickerish, lustful, lusty, prurient, randy, ravenous, rock hard, ruttish, rutty, sexed up, stimulated, thirsty, toey, toey as a Roman sandal, turned on, unchaste, venereal, venereous, wanton

Antonyms

nonvenereal

Scrabble Score: 11

venereal is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
venereal is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
venereal is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

venereal is a valid Words With Friends word