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Meaning of bucolic in English
Pronunciation
/bjuˈkɑlɪk/
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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
rural
Noun
bucolic
Definitions
1.
a country person
2.
a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life
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 »