agricultural
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˌæɡ.ɹɪˈkʌl.tjʊə.ɹəl//
- United States//ˌæɡ.ɹɪˈkʌl.tʃə.ɹəl//
Of or pertaining to agriculture.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to agriculture.
the agricultural class
an agricultural tool
agricultural show
Mr. Weldon is considered to have a very good knowledge of animals, but to be somewhat ignorant or careless of the agricultural aspect of farming.
- 2
As if played with a scythe.
- 3
Coarse or uncultured.
- 4
Clumsy or tactless.
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle French agriculturebor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin ager Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūra Latin agricultūrabor. Middle English agriculture English agriculture Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English agricultural From agriculture + -al.
noun
- 1
A product or commodity from agriculture.
In what follows we divide commodities into three group—energy, metals, and agriculturals—and use equity indexes that are sensible for each commodity group.
Forms
- plural
- agriculturals
- comparative
- more agricultural
- superlative
- most agricultural