Bucolic

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  • adjective. Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. synonym: rural.
  • adjective. Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.
  • noun. A pastoral poem.
  • noun. A farmer or shepherd; a rustic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pastoral; relating to country affairs, or to a shepherd's life and occupation: as, bucolic song.
  • Agricultural: used humorously or in disparagement.
  • noun. [⟨ L. bucolicum, pl. bucolica, neut. of bucolicus: see I.] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, or the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds: as, the bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil.
  • noun. A writer of pastorals.
  • noun. A countryman; a farmer: used humorously or in depreciation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
  • noun. A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
  • adjective. Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
  • noun. A pastoral poem.
  • noun. A rustic, peasant
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
  • noun. a country person
  • noun. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
  • adjective. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  • Word Usage
    "I tallied up my day spent basking in bucolic bliss ... and realized how it all added up to good business!"
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    rural  
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    pastoral  
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