piscatorial

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

piscatorial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to fishermen or fishing.
   • 1866, Anthony Trollope, The Claverings, ch 41:

     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.

2. Of or pertaining to fish; piscine
   • 2005, "Mercedes goes back to nature for dynamic inspiration", Times Online, London, 25 Nov (retrieved 2 July 2007):

     The tropical boxfish may not look the sleekest or sexiest of piscatorial creatures, but the Mercedes team knew better.

   • 2007, "Atlantic salmon: Ruler of the river," The Economist, vol. 385, no. 8560 (22 Dec.), p. 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

• piscatory

References

• “piscatorial” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.