agrestic

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US/əˈɡresˈtɪk/

adjective

Of or pertaining to the fields; rural; rustic, unpolished

“The author's early days were filled with agrestic surroundings.”

Similar
rusticruralunrefined
OriginLatin agrestis →
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Meanings

adjectiveagrestic (comparative more agrestic, superlative most agrestic)

comparative more agrestic · superlative most agrestic · alternative agrestick

  1. Of or pertaining to the fields; rural; rustic, unpolished

    The author's early days were filled with agrestic surroundings.

    1 more example

    With agrestic charm / It’s humid in the midwest

    2019, Vansire, “Metamodernity”, in Metamodernity

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecharacteristic of the fields or country

Similar
rusticrural

adjective(of behavior) rustic and uncouth

Similar
unrefined
Also see
agrestialagrestianruralrusticunrefined

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinagrestis“rustic, boorish, wild”
  2. Englishagrestic

From Latin agrestis (“rustic, boorish, wild”) (from ager (“a field, a farm”)) + -ic

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ergastic
Cite this entry
APA

agrestic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agrestic

MLA

“agrestic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agrestic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agrestic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agrestic.

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