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venary

venary adjective: of or pertaining to hunting.

Adjective

venary (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to hunting.
    • there are oil-experts guaranteed to place their hands on petroleum with that unfailing energy with which the venary pig dives his nose above where the shy and shuddering truffle lurks in terror.1923, William Henry Koebel, All Aboard: A Frivolous Book, page 17

Noun

venary (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The sport of hunting.
    • Beasts of forest are properly hart, hind, buck, hare, boar, and wolf; but legally all wild beasts of venary.1797, Richard Burn, The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, page 362
    • Cosmo, thus sadly musing, was little affected by the din of the beaters, the rush and crashing of the invisible deer, the crack of rifles, the silences, so full of mystery and suspense, and all the other incidents and phases of sylvan venary.1878 March, Laurence William Maxwell Lockhart, “Mine is Thine”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 123, number 749, page 265

Origin of venary

From Latin venarius, from Latin venari, past participle venatus (“to hunt”).

Questions about venary

What does venary mean?
Venary means of or pertaining to hunting.
What part of speech is venary?
Venary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near venary in the dictionary

  1. Venango County
  2. venanzite
  3. venapuncture
  4. Venarey-les-Laumes
  5. venarie
  6. venary
  7. Venas
  8. venatic
  9. venatica
  10. venatical
  11. venatically

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