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geor⋅gic

  [jawr-jik]
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–adjective
1. agricultural.
–noun
2. a poem on an agricultural theme.
Origin:
1505–15; < L geōrgicus < Gk geōrgikós, equiv. to geōrg(ós) husbandman (geō- geo- + -ourgos working, worker, akin to érgon work ) + -ikos -ic
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geor·gic   (jôr'jĭk)   
adj.   also geor·gi·cal (-jĭ-kəl)
Of or relating to agriculture or rural life.
n.  A poem concerning farming or rural life.

[Latin geōrgicus, from Greek geōrgikos, from geōrgos, farmer : geō-, geo- + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Georgic

Geor"gic\, n. [L. georgicum (sc. carmen), and georgica, pl., Gr. ?, and ?: cf. F. g['e]orgiques, pl. See Georgic, a.] A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil.

Georgic

Geor"gic\, Georgical \Geor"gic*al\, a. [L. georgicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? tillage, agriculture: cf. F. g['e]orgique. See George.] Relating to agriculture and rural affairs.
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georgic 
1513, used by Virgil as title of poems on rural life, from Gk. georgikos "of a husbandman," from ge "earth" + ergon "work" (see urge (v.)).
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georgic

a poem dealing with practical aspects of agriculture and rural affairs. The model for such verse in postclassical literature was Virgil's Georgica, itself modeled on a now lost Georgika (Greek: "agricultural things") by the 2nd-century BC Greek poet Nicander of Colophon.

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