piscatorial

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

piscatorial (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
- c. 1867, Anthony Trollope, chapter 41, in The Claverings‎^[1]:
  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.
- 1895, The Gentleman's Magazine, January to June issue, pg. 38:
  That a lucy or luce is the mature pike, every piscatorial schoolboy knows.
- 1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 184:
  Jane lined up the girls and called out, "Dive!" The girls dived - mermaids for a piscatorial pageant.
- 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)‎^[2], archived from the original on 6 April 2015:
  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.
Of or pertaining to fish; piscine.
- 2005 November 25, “Mercedes goes back to nature for dynamic inspiration”, in Times Online, London, retrieved 2 July 2007:
  The tropical boxfish may not look the sleekest or sexiest of piscatorial creatures, but the Mercedes team knew better.
- 2007 December 22, “Atlantic salmon: Ruler of the river”, in The Economist, volume 385, number 8560, page 139:
  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.

Synonyms

References

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