bucolic

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: peasantprovincialeclogueidyllidylarcadianpastoral

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a country personSynonyms: peasantprovincial
  2. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral lifeSynonyms: eclogueidyllidyl

Adjective (2)

  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”Synonyms: arcadianpastoral
  2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle“pastoral seminomadic people”“pastoral land”“a pastoral economy”Synonyms: pastoral
Advertisement

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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]
Advertisement