English
Pronunciation
IPA|/'v�n�ri/
Etymology 1
Old (and modern) French vénerie, from vener �to hunt�, from Latin venari.
Noun
en-noun|vener|ies
- hunting wild animals
#:*1963: 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. � Thomas Pynchon, V.
Etymology 2
Mediaeval Latin veneria, from ''venus' �love�.
Noun
en-noun|vener|ies
- the pursuit of sexual pleasure or indulgence
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