venerealee

English

Etymology

From venereal +‎ -ee.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəˈnɪə.ɹɪ.əl.iː/, /vɪ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vəˈnɪ.ɹi.əl.i/
• Hyphenation: ve‧ne‧re‧al‧ee

Noun

venerealee (plural venerealees)

1. (obsolete) One who has a venereal disease.
   • 1855 July 4, Walt Whitman, “[Song of Myself]”, in Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: [James and Andrew Rome], →OCLC, stanza 19, page 25:

     [T]he heavy-lipp'd slave is invited … the venerealee is invited, / There shall be no difference between them and the rest.