venust

From Latin venustus, from Venus (“the goddess of love”).

venust (comparative more venust, superlative most venust)

1. (obsolete) beautiful; having an attractive appearance
   • 1513, Gavin Douglas, The Aeneid:

     The variant vestur of the venust vaill.

   • 1663, Edward Waterhouse, Fortescutus Illustratus:

     The Chancellour pretermits no Animadverſion that may adorn the Law, and make it venuſt and taking […]

• “venust”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from French vénuste.

venust m or n (feminine singular venustă, masculine plural venuști, feminine and neuter plural venuste)

1. venust