geoponic

[ jee-uh-pon-ik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.

geoponic

/ ˌdʒiːəʊˈpɒnɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to agriculture, esp as a science
2. rural; rustic

Word History and Origins

Origin of geoponic¹

1600–10; < Greek geōponikós pertaining to husbandry, equivalent to geōpón ( os ) husbandman ( geō- geo- + -ponos, agentive derivative of pónos work, labor + -ikos -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of geoponic¹

C17: from Greek geōponikos concerning land cultivation, from geōponein to till the soil, from geo- + ponein to labour

Example Sentences

His utopian version of geoponic geometry eventually evolved into a raised, open-bottom bed with a lumber frame.

From New York Times

Geoponic, -al, jē-o-pon′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to tilling the earth or to agriculture.—n.pl.

From Project Gutenberg

A brown, parchment-hided old man of the geoponic or bucolic species, gray-eyed, we fancy, queued perhaps, with much weather-cunning and plentiful September-gale memories, bidding fair in good time to become the Oldest Inhabitant.

From Project Gutenberg

In discussing the moral aspects of the matter, this Geoponic author enumerates other things which will intoxicate as well as wine,—even some waters; also the wine made from barley and wheat, which barbarians drink.

From Project Gutenberg

A brown, parchment-hided old man of the geoponic or bucolic species, gray-eyed, we fancy, queued perhaps, with much weather-cunning and plentiful September-gale memories, bidding fair in good time to become the Oldest Inhabitant.

From Project Gutenberg