cytherean

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Определение cytherean в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

Venereal

he took every precaution that the venereal diſorder ſhould not be communicated to theſe happy, unoffending people; but it appears that ſome ungenerous Frenchman was baſe enough to plant this dreadful malady, in a country where it is more likely to ſpread than in any other part of the world, on account of the extreme attachment of the inhabitants to the Cytherean ſports.

Of or pertaining to the planet Venus; Venusian

In fact, Soviet astronomers once thought that the thick, dense Cytherean atmosphere might not let any sunlight reach the surface.

Of or pertaining to Cythera, an island now part of Greece, at which the goddess Aphrodite came ashore on a seashell according to Greek mythology. Thus, referring to the goddesses Aphrodite or Venus

Pertaining to the goddess Venus

Расстановка переносов

Cyth·er·e·an

Этимология

() From Cythera from Ancient Greek Κύθηρα (Kuthēra) + -an.