{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY January 2, 2019- campestral

WORD OF THE DAY January 2, 2019

campestral    adjective | kam-PESS-trul     Definition   : of or relating to fields or open country : rural   Scroll down for more about campestral      TRENDING NOW: nebulous synergy slumgullion endgame SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 12/28/18       From 'Syllabub' to 'Sundae': A Dessert Course in 7 Words     'Cherpumple': 3 Words Packed Into 1       The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 12/21/18         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   December 2018 Words of the Day Quiz   The final quiz of 2018!     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   Scamper across an open field, and then, while catching your breath, ponder this: scamper and campestral both ultimately derive from the Latin noun campus, meaning "field" or "plain." Latin campester is the adjective that means "pertaining to a campus." In ancient Rome, a campus was a place for games, athletic practice, and military drills. Scamper probably started with a military association as well (it is assumed to have evolved from an unattested Vulgar Latin verb, excampare, meaning "to decamp"). In English, campestral took on an exclusively rural aspect upon its introduction in the late 17th century, while campus, you might say, became mainly academic.     Examples of CAMPESTRAL   "Just about any amateur naturalist who pays attention to the birds … in campestral Maine will find an eye-opener or two here." — Dana Wilde, The Bangor (Maine) Daily News, 26 Oct. 2009   "When in Southeast England, depriving yourself of a chance to see Dover's famous white cliffs would be a big mistake. And so the towering chalk cliffs … were on my agenda when I embarked on a brief driving tour of the coast. I was able to thoroughly enjoy the region's rolling, campestral beauty in a three-town tour." — Lucas Peterson, The New York Times, 26 Jul. 2017   Word Family Quiz   What word is ultimately derived from Latin campus and can refer to a series of operations designed to bring about a particular result?   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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