venatic

[ vee-nat-ik ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to hunting.

Origin of venatic

1
1650–60; <Latin vēnāticus, equivalent to vēnāt(us) (past participle of vēnārī to hunt) + -icus-ic
  • Often ve·nat·i·cal .

Other words from venatic

  • ve·nat·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words Nearby venatic

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How to use venatic in a sentence

  • "Wire and silence" will be the end of hunting, so he says; he being my father whom on all things venatic I firmly believe.

  • These factors combine to aid the game and stretch to its utmost limit the venatic instincts of the fowler.

    Unexplored Spain | Abel Chapman

British Dictionary definitions for venatic

venatic

venatical

/ (viːˈnætɪk) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or used in hunting

  2. (of people) engaged in or given to hunting

Origin of venatic

1
C17: from Latin vēnāticus, from vēnārī to hunt

Derived forms of venatic

  • venatically, adverb

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