villatic

English

Etymology

Latin villaticus (“belonging to a country house”). See village.

Adjective

villatic (not comparable)

1. (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[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 98:

     Of tame villatic Fowl;

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References

• “villatic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “villatic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.