venatic
Americanadjective
adjective
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of, relating to, or used in hunting
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(of people) engaged in or given to hunting
Other Word Forms
- venatically adverb
Etymology
Origin of venatic
1650–60; < Latin vēnāticus, equivalent to vēnāt ( us ) (past participle of vēnārī to hunt) + -icus -ic
Example Sentences
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He has, in the midst of all his confusion and passionateness, the true instinct of philosophy—the true venatic sense of objective truth.
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
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