villatic

[ vi-lat-ik ]

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adjective

of or relating to the country or to a farm; rural.

Origin of villatic

From the Latin word villāticus, dating back to 1665–75. See villa, -ate¹, -ic

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How to use villatic in a sentence

Then, on another point, we are certain—namely, that rural thunder is many hundred times more powerful than villatic.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 | John Wilson
The tame villatic fowl scratches and picks with might and main, converting a thousand refuse things into dainty human food.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for villatic

villatic

/ (vɪˈlætɪk) /

adjective

literary of or relating to a villa, village, or farm; rustic; rural

Origin of villatic

C17: from Latin vīllatīcus, from villa a farm

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