a. [f. L. vēnātōrius (see VENATORY a.) + -AL.]
1. Connected with hunting.
1830. Fraser’s Mag., II. 200. What are your sylvan or venatorial exploits compared to the high games enacted in the broad prairies?
1848. Blackw. Mag., LXIV. 85. The most northerly tribe … surpass their southern neighbours in venatorial skill.
1872. Coues, Birds N.-W., 365. The contrast between the physique of Rough-legged Hawks and their venatorial exploits, is striking.
2. Given to hunting; addicted to the chase.
a. 1881. Blackie, Lay Serm., i. 52. The migrations of a tropical bird, or the nosings of a venatorial hound.
1885. Meredith, Diana, i. Her main personal experience was in the social class which is primitively venatorial still, canine under its polish.
So † Venatorious a. Obs. rare–0.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Venatorious, belonging to hunting and chasing, serving for that game.
