piscatorial

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adjective

Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivepiscatorial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.

    That a lucy or luce is the mature pike, every piscatorial schoolboy knows.

    1895, The Gentleman's Magazine, January to June issue, pg. 38
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    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.

    c. 1867, Anthony Trollope, chapter 41, in The Claverings

    Jane lined up the girls and called out, "Dive!" The girls dived - mermaids for a piscatorial pageant.

    1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 184

    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.

    2015 April 2, Tom Fort, “Trout fishing in Chilean Patagonia [print version: Gone fishing – and waking up in heaven, 4 April 2015, p. T6]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Travel), archived from the original on 06 Apr 2015
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to fish; piscine.

    The tropical boxfish may not look the sleekest or sexiest of piscatorial creatures, but the Mercedes team knew better.

    2005 November 25, “Mercedes goes back to nature for dynamic inspiration”, in Times Online, London, retrieved 02 Jul 2007
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    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.

    2007 December 22, “Atlantic salmon: Ruler of the river”, in The Economist, volume 385, number 8560, page 139

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverelating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing

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Origin

  1. Latinpiscātor“fisherman”
  2. Englishpiscatorial

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

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