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)

(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.

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