Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Beautiful; amiable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Beautiful.

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  • adjective obsolete beautiful

Etymologies

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Latin venustus, from Venus the goddess of love.

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  • From the goddess Venus - beautiful;pleasant

    November 6, 2007

  • The t really takes away from the beauty of the word.

    November 6, 2007