geoponic

 [jee-uh-pon-ik]  

ge·o·pon·ic

   [jee-uh-pon-ik]
adjective
of or pertaining to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.
Origin:
1600–10; < Greek geōponikós pertaining to husbandry, equivalent to geōpón(os) husbandman (geō- geo- + -ponos, agentive derivative of pónos work, labor + -ikos -ic
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Geoponic is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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geoponic (ˌdʒiːəʊˈpɒnɪk)
 
—adj
1.  of or relating to agriculture, esp as a science
2.  rural; rustic
 
[C17: from Greek geōponikos concerning land cultivation, from geōponein to till the soil, from geo- + ponein to labour]

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