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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1572

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Venerous, adj. [ME venerous (1562), F. venereux, or f. as Venerie n.1] Lustful, having a strong desire for sexual pleasure. —1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 55.
And had it not bene that the quene … had … forbiddin hir prettie venerous pigeoun to do battel, he had faillit to find … ane honest collour to refuse to fecht

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