Definitions for veneries

veneries ven·er·y

Spelling: [ven-uh-ree]
IPA: /ˈvɛn ə ri/

Veneries is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in veneries (eeeinrsv).

Definitions for veneries

noun

  1. the gratification of sexual desire.
  2. the practice or sport of hunting; the chase.

Origin of veneries

1490-1500; Latin vener- (stem of venus; see Venus) + -y3; compare Latin venera amours

Examples for veneries

The noble art of venery is a fine term to describe the butcher's business.

It was with him as when a hunter has hunted a fox after the approved laws of venery.

Beasts of forest are hart and hind (red deer), boar, wolf and all beasts of venery.

Fifthly, By the too frequent reiteration of the act of venery.

This conduct of venery is an ideal that is only approximated.

The King held a high Court, and bade his great vassals and barons, and all the lords of his venery to the feast.

The walls, wainscoted in dark walnut wood, were adorned with grotesque carvings of hunting scenes and instruments of venery.

The hotter the Climate, the stronger are the Inclinations to venery.

Aboard her Longaveile, she's thine own, To me the fooling of this fool is venery.

He was, in the full force of the term, what is called in venery a knowing dog.

Word Value for veneries
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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