Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Venial; pardonable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Venial; pardonable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
venial ;pardonable
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word veniable.
Examples
-
He projected an essay on the Blessed Maid, which is not in "the veniable part of things lost."
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
-
In things of this nature silence commendeth history: 'tis the veniable part of things lost; wherein there must never rise a Pancirollus, nor remain any register but that of hell.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
-
In things of this nature, silence commendeth history: 'tis the veniable part of things lost; wherein there must never arise a Pancirollus, nor remain any register but that of hell. '"]
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.