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1. (adj.) bucolic
of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral.
2. bucolic
of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life.
3. (n.) bucolic
a pastoral poem.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L būcolicus < Gk boukolikós rustic, der. of boukól(os) herdsman)
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1. (noun) peasant, provincial, bucolic
a country person
2. (adj) eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl
a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
3. (adj) arcadian, bucolic, pastoral
(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"
4. (adj) bucolic, pastoral
relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
"pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) bucolic
of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic
2. (noun) bucolic
a pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil
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