venatic

American

[vee-nat-ik] / viˈnæt ɪk /

Often venatical

adjective

of or relating to hunting.

venatic British

/ viːˈnætɪk /

adjective

of, relating to, or used in hunting
(of people) engaged in or given to hunting

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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

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Venatic, -al, vē-nat′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to hunting.—adv.

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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.

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