Definition of agrestic in English:
agrestic
adjective əˈɡrɛstɪkəˈɡrɛstɪk
literary Relating to the country; rural or rustic.
Example sentencesExamples
- This green path draws the eye out and invites one to wander out in the agrestic Sonoma landscape.
- I particularly love long, winding roads, says Rusty, referring to the agrestic simplicity of roads in Spain where they lived for a year, and in Canada.
- Paul Shambroom's exploration into systems of power has led him to agrestic town council meetings where local officials don jeans and consume Diet Coke.
- The statistics clearly show that both urban and agrestic rate of poverty has fallen significantly in the last decade.
- So he decided to organize the agrestic communities in a peaceful manner.
Synonyms
rural, countryside, outdoor, rustic, pastoral, bucolic
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin agrestis, from ager, agr- 'field' + -ic.
Definition of agrestic in US English:
agrestic
adjectiveəˈɡrestikəˈɡrɛstɪk
literary Relating to the country; rural or rustic.
Example sentencesExamples
- This green path draws the eye out and invites one to wander out in the agrestic Sonoma landscape.
- Paul Shambroom's exploration into systems of power has led him to agrestic town council meetings where local officials don jeans and consume Diet Coke.
- So he decided to organize the agrestic communities in a peaceful manner.
- The statistics clearly show that both urban and agrestic rate of poverty has fallen significantly in the last decade.
- I particularly love long, winding roads, says Rusty, referring to the agrestic simplicity of roads in Spain where they lived for a year, and in Canada.
Synonyms
rural, countryside, outdoor, rustic, pastoral, bucolic
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin agrestis, from ager, agr- ‘field’ + -ic.