villatic
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin villaticus (“belonging to a country house”). See village.
Adjective edit
villatic (not comparable)
- (obsolete) rural (of or relating to a farm or village)
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 98:
- Of tame villatic Fowl;
- (Can we find and add a quotation of De Quincey to this entry?)
References edit
- “villatic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “villatic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.