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venery | venary |

As a noun venery

is the hunting of wild animals or venery can be the pursuit of sexual pleasure or indulgence.

As an adjective venary is

of or pertaining to hunting.

venery

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(veneries)
  • The hunting of wild animals.
  • * 1963 , Thomas Pynchon, V.
    • But soon enough he’d wake up the second, real time, to make again the tiresome discovery that it hadn’t really ever stopped being the same simple-minded, literal pursuit; V. ambiguously a beast of venery , chased like the hart, hind or hare, chased like an obsolete, or bizarre, or forbidden form of sexual delight.
  • Game animals.
    • Derived terms
    * beast of venery * terms of venery

    Etymology 2

    Medieval Latin veneria'', from ''venus (“love”).

    Noun

    (veneries)
  • The pursuit of sexual pleasure or indulgence.

    • venary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to hunting.
    • (Webster 1913)