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bucolic

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bu⋅col⋅ic

  [byoo-kol-ik]
–adjective Also, bu⋅col⋅i⋅cal.
1. of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral.
2. of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life.
–noun
3. a pastoral poem.
4. Archaic. a farmer; shepherd; rustic.
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Origin:
1525–35; < L būcolicus < Gk boukolikós rustic, equiv. to boukól(os) herdsman (bou-, s. of boûs ox + -kolos keeper + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
bu⋅col⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2, 3. georgic.
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bu·col·ic   (byōō-kŏl'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. See Synonyms at rural.

  2. Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.

n.  

  1. A pastoral poem.

  2. A farmer or shepherd; a rustic.


[Latin būcolicus, pastoral, from Greek boukolikos, from boukolos, cowherd : bous, cow; see gwou- in Indo-European roots + -kolos, herdsman; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
bu·col'i·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

bucolic 
1523, from L. bucolicus, from Gk. boukolikos "rustic," from boukolos "herdsman," from bous "cow" + -kolos "tending," related to L. colere "to till (the ground), cultivate, dwell, inhabit" (the root of colony).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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