veny

See also: věny, vény, and -vény

English

Etymology

Alteration of French venue. Doublet of venue.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛni/

Noun

veny (plural venies)

(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

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

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