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Word of the Day – Agrestic

By May 25, 2015Word of the Day

Agrestic (adj) (literary)

ag-rest-ik

Relating to the countryside, rural.

From the Latin agr- field. What a pretty word. I just stumbled across it today and just had to share.

Example sentences

“The agrestic community often had a slower pace of life than those urban dwellers.”

“The rate of agrestic poverty has increased since so many from the community moved to more urban areas.”

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