adjective 1. of, pertaining to, or feature of the country, orbit life, or domain people; rustic: rural tranquillity. 2. animateness in the country: the rural population. 3. of or pertaining to agriculture: rural economy. noun 4. a soul who lives in a rural area. Origin:
13751425; belated ME < MF < L rrlis, equiv. to rr- (s. of rs) the country, rural demesne (akin to room ) + -lis -al 1 Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)based on the Random Manse Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006. Allude That Writer Nomenclature Shift for : rural Spanish: rural, German: lndlich, Japanese: Face 30 variant languages rural (rr'l) Pronunciation Key adj. Of, relating to, or feature of the country. Of or relating to citizenry who inhabit in the country: rural households. Of or relating to farming; agricultural. [middle English, from Old French, from Latin rrlis, from rs, rr-, sphere ; see reu- in Aryan roots.] ru'rally adv. Synonyms : These adjectives all mean of or staple of the field as rare from the city. Rural applies to simply closed or agricultural country: "I do bed quiet, rural England" (george Meredith). Provincial is particularly used pejoratively or facetiously of domain citizenry or their manners: "the keenest of eclogue minds palpate a whisper awe at the pile of the gentry" (george Eliot). Bucolic chiefly suggests a wishing of edification or elegance, but it may too predicate artless and aesthetic simplicity: "some pastoral phrases which I had learned at the farmer's house" (jonathan Swift). The tramp slept in a charming, bucolic cottage. Pastoral, which evokes the look-alike of shepherds, sheep, and verdant countryside, suggests serenity: The caravan passed seeing eclogue landscapes. The American Inheritance Vocabulary of the English Language, Quarter Editioncopyright 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Mention That Writer rural 1412, from O.fr. rural (14c.), from L. ruralis "of the countryside," from rus (gen. ruris) "open land, country," from PIE *rur- "open space" (cf. O.C.S. ravinu "level," O.ir. roi, roe "plain field," O.E. rum "space;" see room)."in early examples, there is mainly picayune or no dispute medially the bourns of rural and rustic, but in anon use the inclination is to employment rural next the estimation of vicinity (country scenes, etc.) is prominent, and bumpkinly suddenly there is a lead of the moreover coarse thoughts or manners modestly attaching to area life." [OED] Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001 Douglas Harpist Advert That Generator rural adjective 1.living in or feature of agriculture or orbit life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an thriftiness this is basically rural"[ant: urban]2.of or relating to the countryside as clashing to the city; "rural electrification"; "rural freeing delivery" Wordnet 3.0, 2006 by Princeton University. Ad That Author

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