piscatory

piscatory

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

piscatory (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 5, Twelfth Century

     The Ribble and the Aire roll down, as yet unpolluted by dyers' chemistry; tenanted by merry trouts and piscatory otters.

2. Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, ch. 4,

     The air among the houses was of so strong a piscatory flavour that one might have supposed sick fish went up to be dipped in it.

Synonyms

• piscatorial

Related terms

• piscatory ring

Translations

of, about, or pertaining to the act of fishing

Armenian: ձկնորսական (hy) (jknorsakan) Danish: (compounds) fiske- (da) Finnish: kalastus- (fi) Greek: αλιευτικός (el) (alieftikós) Italian: piscatorio m

Japanese: 釣りの (ja) (tsuri no) Macedonian: ри́барски (ríbarski), риболо́вен (ribolóven) Polish: rybacki (pl) Russian: рыба́цкий (ru) (rybáckij), рыболове́цкий (ru) (rybolovéckij), рыболо́вный (ru) (rybolóvnyj), рыба́чий (ru) (rybáčij) Swedish: fiskar- (sv), fiske- (sv)

References

• “piscatory” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.