venene
English
Etymology
From Latin venēnum (“juice; venom”). Doublet of venin and venom.
Noun
venene (countable and uncountable, plural venenes)
- (obsolete) Synonym of venom.
Derived terms
Adjective
venene
- (obsolete) Venenose, venenous, venomous, poisonous.
- 1699, William Salmon, Ars chirurgica, page 506:
- […] As first, if the Humor is malign, venene, or pestilential, wherein if Nature protudes the Morbick-matter outwards, we ought not to drive it back again to the internal parts; […]
- 1720, George Bate, Pharmacopœia Bateana: or, Bate's dispensatory […] , page 339:
- a most salubrious Remedy, which Effects it demonstrates by powerfully provoking Sweat in all pestilential and venene, or malign Disaffections.
- 1870, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant in the East, page 53:
- […] and imparting aliture [nourishment] to myriads of venene and umbelliferous […] plants.
References
- “venene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veˈnene/
- Hyphenation: ve‧ne‧ne
Adverb
venene
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
venene m
- definite plural of vene
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- venane (of both)
Noun
venene m pl
- definite plural of ven
Noun
venene f or m
- definite feminine plural of vene