Arcadian
di adjective
1.
of Arcadia.
2.
rural, rustic, or pastoral, especially suggesting simple, innocent contentment.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to Arcadia or its inhabitants, esp the idealized Arcadia of pastoral poetry |
| 2. | rustic or bucolic: a life of Arcadian simplicity |
| —n | |
| 3. | an inhabitant of Arcadia |
| 4. | a person who leads or prefers a quiet simple rural life |
| Ar'cadianism | |
| —n | |
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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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