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adjective
1.
of Arcadia.
2.
rural, rustic, or pastoral, especially suggesting simple, innocent contentment.
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Arcadian
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Arcadian
"ideally rustic or rural," 1580s, from Gk. Arkadia, district in the Peloponnesus, taken by poets as an ideal region of rural felicity, from Gk. Arkas (gen. Arkadas), name of the founder of Arcadia.
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