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Word entry · 8 letters

pastoral

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"Rustic"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɑːstə.ɹəl/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aaloprstStarts with PEnds with L2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

Word origin

From Middle French, Old French pastoral, from Latin pāstōrālis, from pāstor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -ālis.

Used in a sentence

  • Like the Mesolithic age of 10,000-8000 B.C., the period 6000-4000 B.C. seems to be one of the fall of fortresses and the rise of pastoral nomadism.
  • We were living a pastoral life.
  • […] these pastoral farms, / Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Rustic8 letters
02countrylike8 letters

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