georgic

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The Word of the Day for May 25 is:

georgic   \JOR-jik\   adjective
      : of or relating to agriculture

Example sentence:
      "Lanford Wilson has created yet another remarkable play... a fascinating 
tale of a georgic Midwestern community and the secrets lurking beneath the 
surface of its bucolic hum." (_Adweek_, March 25, 2004)

Did you know?
      The adjective "georgic," which dates from the first half of the 18th 
century, derives by way of Latin "georgicus" and Greek "georgikos" from the 
Greek noun "georgos," meaning "farmer." That noun, in turn, was formed by a 
combination of the prefix "geo-" (meaning "earth") and "ergon" ("work"), the 
latter of which gave us words such as "allergy" and "ergonomics." The noun 
sense of "georgic," which dates from the early 16th century, refers to a poem 
that deals with the practical aspects of agriculture and rural affairs. The 
standard for such poems, Virgil's _Georgics_, is responsible for its name. The 
poem, written between 37 and 30 B.C., called for a restoration of agricultural 
life in Italy after its farms fell into neglect during civil war. 



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