English

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.

   • 2015 April 2, Tom Fort, “Trout fishing in Chilean Patagonia [print version: Gone fishing – and waking up in heaven, 4 April 2015, p. T6]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Travel), archived from the original on 6 April 2015:

     The theme is unashamedly piscatorial – there are models of trout, pictures of trout, books about trout, a cabinet full of fly-tying gear. The veranda, cluttered with waders, boots, rods and tackle, is where the fishing day begins.

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.