predatorialadj.

Brit.

/ˌprɛdəˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S.

/ˌprɛdəˈtɔriəl/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praedātōrius , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin praedātōrius predatory adj. + -al suffix¹; compare -ial suffix. Compare earlier predatory adj.

= predatory adj. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective]

ravenousc1425

rapinous1484

polling1526

spoiling1565

predatory1589

pilling1590

spoilful1590

plundering1641

vulturian1659

predatitious1660

pillagingc1670

vulturine1721

predal1737

depredatory1771

spoliatory1790

predatorial1791

plunderous1797

spoliating1840

accipitral1842

despoiling1859

spoliative1875

predative1920

prehensile1927

1791 St. James's Chron. 25 Jan. The Directors..have gone too far in delivering any account—it was an unauthorised predatorial enquiry.

?1800 (title) Authentic memoirs..from the journal of his predatorial Majesty, the king of the swindlers.

1854 N.-Y. Daily Times 25 Jan. 8/4 Those predatorial tribes, who for long years kept up a desolating warfare upon the Mexican States.

1898 Econ. Jrnl. 8 186 The example of rivals, or competitors, properly limited with saving clauses, is a fair example of what sociologists and socialists conceive predatorial settlements in economics to be.

1944 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 13 8/1 The carnivorous birds and animals which prey upon game are ruthlessly destroyed, resulting in a very great decrease in the population of predatorial species.

1976 Washington Post 6 Jan. a15/2 We must provide greater challenge to the ennobling predatorial instinct of the hunter.

2004 C. Valier Crime & Punishm. Contemp. Culture i. 17 Criminal detection produced images of the city as dark and labyrinthine, of shadowy, inscrutable suspects and predatorial elusive criminals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	predatorial
释义	predatorialadj. Brit. /ˌprɛdəˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /ˌprɛdəˈtɔriəl/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praedātōrius , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin praedātōrius predatory adj. + -al suffix¹; compare -ial suffix. Compare earlier predatory adj. = predatory adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective] ravenousc1425 rapinous1484 polling1526 spoiling1565 predatory1589 pilling1590 spoilful1590 plundering1641 vulturian1659 predatitious1660 pillagingc1670 vulturine1721 predal1737 depredatory1771 spoliatory1790 predatorial1791 plunderous1797 spoliating1840 accipitral1842 despoiling1859 spoliative1875 predative1920 prehensile1927 1791 St. James's Chron. 25 Jan. The Directors..have gone too far in delivering any account—it was an unauthorised predatorial enquiry. ?1800 (title) Authentic memoirs..from the journal of his predatorial Majesty, the king of the swindlers. 1854 N.-Y. Daily Times 25 Jan. 8/4 Those predatorial tribes, who for long years kept up a desolating warfare upon the Mexican States. 1898 Econ. Jrnl. 8 186 The example of rivals, or competitors, properly limited with saving clauses, is a fair example of what sociologists and socialists conceive predatorial settlements in economics to be. 1944 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 13 8/1 The carnivorous birds and animals which prey upon game are ruthlessly destroyed, resulting in a very great decrease in the population of predatorial species. 1976 Washington Post 6 Jan. a15/2 We must provide greater challenge to the ennobling predatorial instinct of the hunter. 2004 C. Valier Crime & Punishm. Contemp. Culture i. 17 Criminal detection produced images of the city as dark and labyrinthine, of shadowy, inscrutable suspects and predatorial elusive criminals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1791
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