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αγροίκος — meaning in English

agroikos

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English meaning

  • animal noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
  • boor noun A rude, ill-mannered person.
  • boorish adjective Rude, crude, or lacking in manners.
  • peasant noun Historically, a small farmer or agricultural laborer, especially one with a low social and economic status.

Senses

αγροίκος is used for these senses in English:

  • animal (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
  • boorish Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.
  • peasant (pejorative) An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.

animal — full definition

  1. noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
  2. noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
  3. noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
  4. adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.
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