In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
RURAL
rural
(adjective) living in or characteristic of farming or country life; “rural people”; “large rural households”; “unpaved rural roads”; “an economy that is basically rural”
rural
(adjective) of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city; “rural electrification”; “rural free delivery”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
rural (comparative more rural, superlative most rural)
Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.
Antonyms: urban, suburban
Synonyms
• campestral
• landly (nonstandard)
Noun
rural (plural rurals)
(obsolete) A person from the countryside; a rustic.
Anagrams
• urlar
Source: Wiktionary
Ru"ral, a. Etym: [F., fr. L.ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the country. Cf. Room space, Rustic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural prospect. Here is a rural fellow; . . . He brings you figs. Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy. Rural dean. (Eccl.) See under Dean.
– Rural deanery (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.
Syn.
– Rustic.
– Rural, Rustic. Rural refers to the country itself; as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitans of the country, who were generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture, etc. We turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows. Thomson. Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by; To manly confidence thy throughts apply. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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