English search results for: venal

#1

verb

  • conjugation: irregular

Definitions:

  1. go for sale, be sold (as slave), be disposed of for (dishonorable/venal) gain
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. degenerate/decadent
  2. depraved/venal
  3. infected (wounds), corrupt
  4. rotten/decayed
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. degenerate/decadent
  2. depraved/venal
  3. infected (wounds), corrupt
  4. rotten/decayed
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4

adjective

Definitions:

  1. bribed with money, venal
  2. of/belonging to money
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)