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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a country person;
[syn: peasant, provincial, bucolic]

2. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life;
[syn: eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic;
- Example: "a country life of arcadian contentment"
- Example: "a pleasant bucolic scene"
- Example: "charming in its pastoral setting"
- Example: "rustic tranquility"
[syn: arcadian, bucolic, pastoral]

2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle;
- Example: "pastoral seminomadic people"
- Example: "pastoral land"
- Example: "a pastoral economy"
[syn: bucolic, pastoral]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bucolic \Bu*col"ic\, a. [L. bucolicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? cowherd,
   herdsman; ? ox + (perh.) ? race horse; cf. Skr. kal to drive:
   cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal.]
   Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd;
   pastoral; rustic.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bucolic \Bu*col"ic\, n. [L. Bucolic[^o]n po["e]ma.]
   A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life,
   manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of
   Theocritus and Virgil. --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bucolic
    adj 1: (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" [syn: arcadian,
           bucolic, pastoral]
    2: relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep
       or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a
       pastoral economy" [syn: bucolic, pastoral]
    n 1: a country person [syn: peasant, provincial, bucolic]
    2: a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life [syn:
       eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl]