Middle English Dictionary Entry
venerien adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | venerien adj. Also venerian, (error) reueryan. |
| Etymology | From L Venerius or OF (15th cent.) venerien. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Subject to the influence or power of the planet Venus; amatory, erotic, sexual;
(b) as noun: one who is subject to the influence of the planet Venus, a lover.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.795 : That lawe Ther mai no maner man withdrawe, The which venerien is bore Be weie of kinde, and therefore Venus of love the goddesse Is cleped.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1347 : Canis maior…The fifte sterre, is of Magique, The whos kinde is venerien.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.609 : For certes I am al Venerien [vr. reueryan] In feelyng, and myn herte is Marcien.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)1549 : Alle worldys felycyte was in maner as a derk nyght To the prime oryent sparkyl off hys daunyng fyre, Nwe radyffyid with the flame off ueneryan dysyre.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)57/18 : Me most in that seson [summer]…absteyne fro all thynge that is hote and drye…Ete that tyme…veel…cucurbitis and pulletis ensayned…And vse scarcely veneryen actis.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)107/22 : Yf that…the half of the chynne be depressed, of venerien plesaunce and of graces it is a signe.
b
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)100/47 : Veneriens so lusty ben and so leude in their wittes that in suche thinges right litel or naught don they fele.