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AGRESTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does agrestic mean?
• AGRESTIC (adjective)
The adjective AGRESTIC has 2 senses:
1. characteristic of the fields or country
2. (of behavior) rustic and uncouth
Familiarity information: AGRESTIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characteristic of the fields or country
Synonyms:
agrestic; rustic
Context example:
rustic stone walls
Similar:
rural (living in or characteristic of farming or country life)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of behavior) rustic and uncouth
Context example:
the agrestic behavior of a country boy
Similar:
unrefined ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth)
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