piscatorial

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Definition of piscatorial

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
    “There should be no plea put in by him in his absences, that he had only gone to catch a few fish, when his intentions had been other than piscatorial.”
    “That a lucy or luce is the mature pike, every piscatorial schoolboy knows.”
    “Jane lined up the girls and called out, "Dive!" The girls dived - mermaids for a piscatorial pageant.”
    “The theme is unashamedly piscatorial – there are models of trout, pictures of trout, books about trout, a cabinet full of fly-tying gear. The veranda, cluttered with waders, boots, rods and tackle, is where the fishing day begins.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
    “There should be no plea put in by him in his absences, that he had only gone to catch a few fish, when his intentions had been other than piscatorial.”
    “That a lucy or luce is the mature pike, every piscatorial schoolboy knows.”
    “Jane lined up the girls and called out, "Dive!" The girls dived - mermaids for a piscatorial pageant.”
    “The theme is unashamedly piscatorial – there are models of trout, pictures of trout, books about trout, a cabinet full of fly-tying gear. The veranda, cluttered with waders, boots, rods and tackle, is where the fishing day begins.”
  2. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
    “The tropical boxfish may not look the sleekest or sexiest of piscatorial creatures, but the Mercedes team knew better.”
    “There are dozens of photographs, but it is not the piscatorial pornography that makes this book so exciting so much as the stories Mr Buller has unearthed.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin piscātor (“fisherman”), from piscis (“fish”).

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