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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.

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.

Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. See Synonyms at rural.
Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.

A pastoral poem.
A farmer or shepherd; a rustic.

[Latin būcolicus, pastoral, from Greek boukolikos, from boukolos, cowherd : bous, cow; see g^wou- in Indo-European roots + -kolos, herdsman; see k^wel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]
bu·col'i·cal·ly adv.

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Bucolic

Bu*col"ic\, a. [L. bucolicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? cowherd, herdsman; ? ox + (perh.) ? race horse; cf. Skr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal.] Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Bucolic

Bu*col"ic\, n. [L. Bucolic[^o]n po["e]ma.] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. --Dryden.

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).

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