Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Latin vēna (“vein”) + -al.
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Borrowed from French vénal, from Old French venel, from Latin vēnālis (“for sale”), from vēnum (“something for sale”); compare English vend.
Because lips libertine and and venal had murmured such words to him, he believed but little in the candour of hers; […].1886, Gustave Flaubert, chapter XII, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners […], London: Vizetelly & Co., […], →OCLC, part II, page 210:
Thus, regimental commands in the army were – as with the judiciary or the financial bureaucracy – venal posts, which were purchased, bequeathed and sold among the nobility.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 140:
Though there is a disposition in mankind, to declaim against the corruption and peculation of the present times, as being more venal than formerly; yet, if we look back to different periods, we shall find statesmen and politicians, as selfish and corrupt, […] as those who have lately figured on the political stage.1785, The Times, 9 Feb 1785, page 1, column C
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venalize · nonvenal · venalness · unvenal
sv korrumperad (corrupt, mercenary) · cs prodejný (for sale, available for a price) · de feil (willing to take bribes) · la venale (willing to take bribes) · ka კორუმპირებული (corrupt, mercenary) · la nummarius (for sale, available for a price) · cs zkažený (corrupt, mercenary) · ru прода́жный (willing to take bribes) · de feilgeboten (for sale, available for a price) · cy hybryn (willing to take bribes) · la venalis (willing to take bribes) · el παραδόπιστος (corrupt, mercenary) · pl przekupny (willing to take bribes) · es venal (corrupt, mercenary) · el αργυρώνητος (for sale, available for a price) · cs prodejný (willing to take bribes) · ka დაქრთამული (willing to take bribes) · ca venal (for sale, available for a price) · de korrupt (willing to take bribes) · it venale (corrupt, mercenary) · la nummarium (corrupt, mercenary) · sv mutbar (willing to take bribes) · de käuflich (willing to take bribes) · nl omkoopbaar (willing to take bribes) · bg подкупен (willing to take bribes) · fr vénal (willing to take bribes) · de käuflich (for sale, available for a price) · el αργυρώνητος (corrupt, mercenary) · la nummarius (corrupt, mercenary) · fi korruptoitunut (willing to take bribes) · cs úplatný (willing to take bribes) · cy prynadwy (for sale, available for a price) · de verkommen (corrupt, mercenary) · ru продажный (for sale, available for a price) · el δωροδοκούμενος (willing to take bribes) · el αργυρώνητος (willing to take bribes) · es venal (for sale, available for a price) · cs úplatný (corrupt, mercenary) · la venale (corrupt, mercenary) · de korrupt (corrupt, mercenary) · de verderbt (corrupt, mercenary) · cs prodejný (corrupt, mercenary) · bg продажен (for sale, available for a price) · la venalis (corrupt, mercenary) · fi lahjottavissa oleva (willing to take bribes) · de erwerbbar (for sale, available for a price) · la vēnālis (for sale, available for a price) · ka ანგარებიანი (willing to take bribes) · ka მოსყიდული (willing to take bribes) · la nummaria (corrupt, mercenary) · el εξαγοράσιμος (for sale, available for a price) · cy prynadwy (willing to take bribes) · es venal (willing to take bribes) · pl skorumpowany (corrupt, mercenary) · bg користен (corrupt, mercenary) · ka მექრთამე (willing to take bribes) · de bestechlich (willing to take bribes) · sv fal (for sale, available for a price) · fi myytävänä (for sale, available for a price) · sv korrupt (corrupt, mercenary) · pl na sprzedaż (for sale, available for a price) · fr vénal (corrupt, mercenary) · fr vénal (for sale, available for a price) · pl sprzedajny (willing to take bribes) · sv besticklig (willing to take bribes) · el παραδόπιστος (for sale, available for a price)