This week's theme: miscellaneous words. agrestic (uh-GRES-tik) adjective
1. Rural; rustic. 2. Crude; unpolished. [From Latin agrestis (of fields), from ager (field, land). Ultimately from the Indo-European root agro- (field) that's also the source of agriculture, acre, peregrine, and pilgrim (a variant of peregrine).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=agrestic -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "With a night of bingo, bowling, and prizes for the best country-bumpkin costumes, attendees can get in touch with their country roots. The Tom Foolers will play live bluegrass throughout the night to further set the agrestic mood." Megan Jicha; Bluegrass Bingo Bash; The Boston Globe; Mar 29, 2007. Sponsored by: Increase typing speed and accuracy, or learn how to type. The Herzog System is Quick & Easy. For adults, seniors, students. http://HerzogKeyboarding.com Subscribe to any of the French, German, Italian or Spanish Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines and get an extra issue free: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith8 ............................................................................ If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence. -Will Cuppy, journalist (1884-1949) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/agrestic.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/agrestic.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/agrestic.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
