Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

venatorial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ve-na-to-ri-al
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to or involved in hunting or the chase.

Example Sentences

"[…] and when he hunted, less from necessity than for amusement, he would be naturally led to vary his venatorial practices."
"Contrast these two tribes with their neighbours of the south and west—with the Ugrians of the leveller country and the alluvial soils on the Viatka and Kama, and we see the difference between a life of agriculture and a life of venatorial activity"
"Indeed contrary to conventional wisdom (which held that it was the urban bourgeoise who debased true venatorial values"

Etymology

From Latin vēnātōrius (“of or pertaining to a hunter or the chase”), from vēnātor (“hunter”), from vēnor (“hunt, chase”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vēnātōrius

Frequently Paired Words

venatic venatical venatically venation venatious venatory venery

Synonyms

venatic venatory

Rhymes With

memorial editorial territorial tutorial gubernatorial pictorial equatorial senatorial dictatorial directorial boreal combinatorial

Questions

What does venatorial mean?: Of, pertaining to or involved in hunting or the chase.
Where does venatorial come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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