agrestic

adjective

agres·​tic

ə-ˈgre-stik

1

: of or relating to the fields or country : rustic

2

: of or relating to the work (such as harvesting) done in a field

In south India, the situation seemed inconsistent, though varieties of agrestic servitude which bore the characteristics of both serfdom and slavery were palpable and widespread.

—Daud Ali, in Slavery & South Asian History, 2006

Word History

Etymology

Latin agrestis + English -ic

First Known Use

1617, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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