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单词 piscatorical
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piscatoricaladj.

Brit. /ˌpɪskəˈtɒrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌpɪskəˈtɔrək(ə)l/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin piscātōrius , -ical suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin piscātōrius piscatory adj. + -ical suffix. Compare earlier piscatorial adj., piscatory adj., piscatorian adj.
Now rare.
Of or relating to fish or fishing; piscatorial.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > [adjective]
piscatory1633
piscatoriala1635
piscary1727
piscatorical1848
halieutic1854
1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 43 382 A piscatorical page, in which we would have shown..how..silver fish are caught whose eyes are living gold.
1879 J. R. Planché Yellow Dwarf & King of Gold Mines vii. 66 Pity the sorrows of a poor land lubber Who more than any whale has cause for blubber... In brief, whose misery is metaphorical In every sense that can be piscatorical!
1917 J. P. Baxter Greatest of Literary Probl. (ed. 2) ii. 29 We are gravely informed by one author..that he [sc. Shakespeare] was accomplished in the art piscatorical.
1996 Re: Sea Salt? in rec.food.cooking (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Mar. Salt from a sea where all the Piscatorical fornication and defication [sic] take place?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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