geoponic

[jee-uh-pon-ik]

adjective

1. of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.

geoponic

/ ˌdʒiːəʊˈpɒnɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to agriculture, esp as a science

2. rural; rustic

Word History and Origins

Origin of geoponic¹

1600–10; < Greek geōponikós pertaining to husbandry, equivalent to geōpón ( os ) husbandman ( geō- geo- + -ponos, agentive derivative of pónos work, labor + -ikos -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of geoponic¹

C17: from Greek geōponikos concerning land cultivation, from geōponein to till the soil, from _geo- + ponein to labour

Example Sentences

His utopian version of geoponic geometry eventually evolved into a raised, open-bottom bed with a lumber frame.

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Geoponic, -al, jē-o-pon′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to tilling the earth or to agriculture.—n.pl.

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In discussing the moral aspects of the matter, this Geoponic author enumerates other things which will intoxicate as well as wine,—even some waters; also the wine made from barley and wheat, which barbarians drink.

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Associated words: agronomy, agronomist, agronomics, agronomic, agricultre, agricultral, agriculturist, georgics, geoponics, escheat, arable, inarable, agrarian, agrarianism, agrarianize, topography, tilth, terrain, terrene, till, geoscopy, geoponic. land, v. disembark, debark; capture. landing, n. disembarkation, debarkation; wharf, dock, quay; capture. landlord, n. host, hotel-keeper, inn-keeper, Boniface; owner, proprietor.

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The other members of the Committee were the Reverend Mr. Butters, of a neighboring town, who was to make the prayer before the Exercises of the Exhibition, and two or three notabilities of Rockiand, with geoponic eyes, and glabrous, bumpless foreheads.

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