cynegetic
Syllables: cyn·e·get·icUK/ˌsɪniːˈd͡ʒɛtɪk//ˌsɪniˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/
cynegetic adjective: of or relating to hunting (especially with dogs).
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Adjective
cynegetic (comparative more cynegetic, superlative most cynegetic)
- Of or relating to hunting (especially with dogs).
- Hail Oppian, prime of cynegetic race, / From Maro [i.e., Virgil] dovvn to him vvho ſounds the Chace: […]1763, James Elphinston, “Book the Third”, in Education, in Four Books, London: […] P[aul] Vaillant, […]; W[illiam] Owen, […]; and J. Richardson, […], →OCLC, page 88, lines 430–431
- Give me the hippic—the philippic taste, / All else a wilderness, and man a waste; / Give me the turf, and cynegetic sport, / The zeal, the jealousy, and zest of court; […]1836, The Tribunal of Manners, a Satyricon, London: J[ames] Ridgway and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 58
Forms of cynegetic
| comparative | more cynegetic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cynegetic |
Origin of cynegetic
PIE word *ḱwṓ Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῠνηγετῐκός (kŭnēgetĭkós), from κυνηγέτης (kunēgétēs, “hunter”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives); and κυνηγέτης (kunēgétēs) from κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἡγέτης (hēgétēs, “leader”).
Words formed from cynegetic
Words that rhyme with cynegetic
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- kinetic
- athletic
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- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
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- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- diagenetic
- diakinetic
Questions about cynegetic
- What does cynegetic mean?
- Cynegetic means of or relating to hunting (especially with dogs).
- What part of speech is cynegetic?
- Cynegetic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cynegetic?
- Cynegetic is pronounced /ˌsɪniːˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/ (UK).
Words near cynegetic in the dictionary
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