a.; also 7 agrestick(e, -ique. [f. L. agrest-is (see AGREST) + -IC. Cf. domestic, and for formation forens-ic.] Of or pertaining to the country, rural, rustic; hence, uncouth.
1620. Venner, Via Recta, viii. 175. The strong and healthy bodies of agresticke men.
a. 1646. J. G[regory], Assyr. Mon. (1650), 222. Continual conversation with bruit beasts changed his humane disposition into a barbarous and agrestick behaviour.
1660. Waterhouse, Arms & Armory, 123. The residences of Princes were in tents and agrestique Pavilions.
1703. Evelyn, in Pepys’ Diary, 419. He has his time for his agrestic flute.
1880. Disraeli, Endym., I. xxx. 279. A delightful ramble to some spot of agrestic charm.
