Pronounced: WHIP-saw, verb
Notes: This doesn’t mean what I thought it meant
Yesterday’s word
The word venery means
- the practice or pursuit of lust or prurient feelings
- hunting
First usage
The first definition came into English in the late 1400s; the second definition is earlier, coming into English in the mid-1300s
Background / Comments
As I noted yesterday, each definition has a different source: the first definition comes from the Latin word veneria, which came from venus (love/desire). As you probably know, Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty. It is after her that the planet is named. The second definition comes from the Old French word venerie (to hunt).
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