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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 06, 2008 is:
agrarian • \uh-GRAIR-ee-un\ • adjective
1 : of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure 2 *a : of, relating to, or characteristic of farmers or their way of lifeb : organized or designed to promote agricultural interests
Example sentence:
Since buying their organic farm three years ago, Ken and Sheila have been gradually adjusting to an agrarian lifestyle.
Did you know?
Today, an acre is generally considered to be a unit of land measuring 43,560 square feet (4,047 square meters). Before that standard was set, it's believed that an acre represented a rougher measurement -- the amount of land that could be plowed in one day with a yoke of oxen. Both "acre" and today's word, "agrarian," derive from the Latin noun "ager" and the Greek noun "agros," meaning "field." (You can probably guess that "agriculture" is another descendant.) "Agrarian," first used in English in the 17th century, describes things pertaining to the cultivation of fields, as well as the farmers who cultivate them.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
A new tropical depression has formed in the Bay of Campeche, prompting the government of Mexico to issue a tropical storm warning for the Gulf Coast of the country.
