campestral

[prettygoodword]

campestral (kam-PES-truhl) - adj., of, relating to, or growing in fields or open country.


From Latin campester, of a field, from campus, field -- and yes, a college campus is related, being another wide flat area where (as in ancient Rome) games and athletic practice take place.

---L.

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[minoanmiss]

That's a beautiful word. *contemplates* As a city girl, I might use it for a story about a city kid tossed into the wilderness.... (and by wilderness I mean outer suburbia or farm country)

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[prettygoodword]

BTW, forgot to mention champagne is a cognate (the region in France is a lot of open rolling fields).