BUCOLIC

arcadian, bucolic, pastoral

(adjective) (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; “a country life of arcadian contentment”; “a pleasant bucolic scene”; “charming in its pastoral setting”; “rustic tranquility”

bucolic, pastoral

(adjective) relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; “pastoral seminomadic people”; “pastoral land”; “a pastoral economy”

eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl

(noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

peasant, provincial, bucolic

(noun) a country person

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

bucolic (comparative more bucolic, superlative most bucolic)

Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.

Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.

Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.

Etymology 2

Noun

bucolic (plural bucolics)

A pastoral poem.

A rustic, peasant.

Source: Wiktionary


Bu*col"ic, a. Etym: [L. bucolicus, Gr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Bu*col"ic, n. Etym: [L. Bucolicôn poëma.]

Definition: A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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