retiary

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UK/ˈɹiːʃɪəɹi/UK/ˈɹiːʃəɹi//ˈɹiʃiˌɛɹi//ˈɹiʃiəɹi/

adjective

net-like

“c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor scholastic retiary versatility of logic”

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Meanings

adjectiveretiary (not comparable)
  1. not comparablenet-like

    And, beside this kind of work in retiary and hanging textures

    1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus
  2. archaicnot comparableConstructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; said of certain spiders.
  3. not comparableArmed with a net; hence, skilful at entangling.

    c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor scholastic retiary versatility of logic

nounretiary (plural retiaries)

plural retiaries

  1. biologyAny spider that spins webs to catch its prey.
  2. historicalA retiarius: a gladiator who fought with a net.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
telary

Origin

Compare Latin retiarius.

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Cite this entry
APA

retiary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retiary

MLA

“retiary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retiary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retiary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retiary.

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