Meaning of bucolic in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions
  4. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /bjuˈkɑlɪk/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    bucolic

    Definitions

    1. used of idealized country life

    Examples

    • « a country life of arcadian contentment »
    • « a pleasant bucolic scene »
    • « charming in its pastoral setting »
    • « rustic tranquility »

    Synonyms

  2. Noun

    bucolic

    Definitions

    1. a country person
  3. 2. a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life

  4. Qualitative Adjective

    bucolic

    Etymology

    early 16th century (as a noun): via Latin from Greek boukolikos, from boukolos‘herdsman’, from bous‘ox’

    Definitions

    1. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

    Examples

    • « pastoral seminomadic people »
    • « pastoral land »
    • « a pastoral economy »

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