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Webster 1913 Edition
Venery
Ven′er-y
,Noun.
[L.
Venus
, Veneris
, the goddess of love.] Sexual love; sexual intercourse; coition.
Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful
venery
, is continence; of unlawful, chastity. Grew.
Ven′er-y
,Noun.
The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase.
“Beasts of venery and fishes.” Sir T. Browne.
I love hunting and
venery
. Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Venery
VEN'ERY
,Noun.
Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is continence; of unlawful, chastity.
VEN'ERY
,Noun.
The act or exercise of hunting; the sports of the chase.
Beasts of venery and fishes.
Definition 2024
venery
venery
English
Noun
venery (plural veneries)
- The hunting of wild animals.
- 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.
- But soon enough he’d wake up the second, real time, to make again the tiresome discovery that it hadn’t really ever stopped being the same simple-minded, literal pursuit; V. ambiguously a beast of venery, chased like the hart, hind or hare, chased like an obsolete, or bizarre, or forbidden form of sexual delight.
- 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.
- Game animals.
Derived terms
- beast of venery
- terms of venery
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Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Medieval Latin veneria, from venus (“love”).
Noun
venery (plural veneries)
- The pursuit of sexual pleasure or indulgence.