agrest-

(Latin: rustic, rural; pertaining to the fields; from ager then agrestis, "field")

agrestal (adjective), more agrestal, most agrestal
Referring to something dwelling or growing wild in the fields; wild: Such agrestal vegetation includes weeds that thrive on cultivated land.
agrested (adjective), more agrested, most agrested
A reference to a person who belongs to the open country: When driving through the countryside, Jack and Jill noticed a tiny little village where agrested dwellers lived in quite a rustic, simple, and primitive way, and not in a refined or elegant manner
agrestial (adjective), more agrestial, most agrestial
Referring to something inhabiting the fields or open country; wild: Agrestial flowers, like poppies, thrived next to the cultivated land that Mr. Plant owned and worked on.
agrestian (s) (noun), agrestians (pl)
Someone who belongs to the country; rustic: Sam was an agrestian who maintained his his characteristics, and mannerisms that were typical of the rural area where he lived.
agrestic (adjective), more agrestic, most agrestic
1. Of or pertaining to the country or fields, as opposed to the city; rural; rustic; socially unpolished, hence, uncouth: Denise's social behavior was dominated by the agrestic social surroundings of the rural countryside in which she was reared.
2. Conveying a socially unpolished or awkward conduct: Mary's husband had agrestic behavior which indicated that he was not very sophisticated nor cosmopolitan despite having lived 30 years in the city after he retired from his agricultural life.
3. A reference to something that is used by people in the perfume and flavor industries to describe a special aroma: Elizabeth used a variety of scents that were manufactured to have the agrestic smell of the countryside, such as hay, heather, forest depths, or meadows.
Rustic, rural, an unpolished behavior.
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agrestical (adjective), more agrestical, most agrestical
Referring to countrified behaviors; rural; rustic: Sam was quite agrestical in his conduct as opposed to being like a city person because he was quite unpolished in his manners and conversation with others.
agresty (adjective), more agresty, most agresty
1. Pertaining to someone who is uncouth or unpolished: Sam was born in the country and lived there his whole life, was quite agresty and didn't know how to be refined or elegant in his ways.
2. Relating to unwanted vegetation: There were many agresty plants in Jim's garden that he had to weed out.
3. Etymology: from the Latin agrestis; from ager, "a field"; a close relative of agriculture and of agrestal, which refers to "uncultivated plants that are growing on cultivated land">

Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "land, ground, fields, soil, dirt, mud, clay, earth (world)": agra-; agri-; agro-; argill-; choro-; chthon-; epeiro-; geo-; glob-; lut-; myso-; pedo-; pel-; rhyp-; soil-; sord-; terr-.