retiary

American

[ree-shee-er-ee] / ˈri ʃiˌɛr i /

adjective

using a net or any entangling device.
netlike.
making a net or web, as a spider.

retiary British

/ ˈriːtɪərɪ, -ʃɪə- /

adjective

rare of, relating to, or resembling a net or web

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Etymology

Origin of retiary

1640–50; < Latin rēt- (stem of rēte ) net + -i- + -ary

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Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge

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