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venereal
Definitions
1. Of or relating to sexual love or intercourse; pertaining to sexual pleasure or indulgence. Venereal vocabulary ; a lexicon of words pertaining to sexuality.2. Of or pertaining to the genitals. Synonym: genital.
3. Transmitted through sexual contact or intercourse.
4. Of or pertaining to a sexually transmitted disease. Related terms: gonorrheal; gonorrheic; sexual; social; syphilitic.
5. Serving to excite sexual desire. Synonym: aphrodisiac.
ETYMOLOGY: From the Latin venereus, venerius , derived from Venus, the goddess of love.
(Adjective) pertaining to or caused and propagated by sexual intercourse
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