Tuesday, May 06, 2008

365* New Words a Year [Merriam Webster] (Workman Publishing 5/1/8: georgic

georgic adj : of or relating to agriculture
Georgic is "from the Greek noun . . . meaning 'farmer'. . . . [It] was formed by a combination of the prefix geo- (meaning 'earth') and ergon ('work'), the latter of which gave us words such as allergy and ergonomics. There is also a noun georgic, which refers to a poem that deals with the practical aspects of agriculture and rural affairs. The standard for such poems, Virgil's Georgics, is responsible for its name. That poem, written between 37 and 30 B.C., called for a restoration of agricultural life in Italy after its farms fell into neglect during civil war." My family lives in a georgic community, I think—both my brother's town in PA and my parents' town in MD can be called that. Rating 10/10 cornrows.
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