veny

See also: věny, vény, and -vény

English

Etymology

Alteration of French venue. Doublet of venue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛni/

Noun

veny (plural venies)

1. (fencing) A strike or blow.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 47, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     It is not, as at Fence, where the number of venies [tr. touches] given, gets the victorie: So long as the enemie is on foot, a man is newly to begin.

Anagrams

• envy

Finnish

Verb

veny

1. inflection of venyä:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative