Cynegetic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌsɪniːˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cynegetic is an adjective meaning (hunting, rare) Of or relating to hunting (especially with dogs).
Meaning
(hunting, rare) Of or relating to hunting (especially with dogs).
Example Sentences
Hail Oppian, prime of cynegetic race, / From Maro [i.e., Virgil] dovvn to him vvho ſounds the Chace: […]
Give me the hippic—the philippic taste, / All else a wilderness, and man a waste; / Give me the turf, and cynegetic sport, / The zeal, the jealousy, and zest of court; […]
The cynegetic life is authentic because it is close to the philosophical center of human life. It constantly contrasts two central mysteries: the nature of the animal and of death. These are brought together in hunting.
But as there are no lions, wolves, nor wild boars in Great Britain, he [the poet James Thomson] admonishes the British youth to indulge their cynegetic propensities in the fox-chase, which he describes con amore [with love].
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include venatorial, venatic, venary, venatory, gamely, cynological.
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