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bucolic
/ bjuːˈkɒlɪk /
adjective
- of or characteristic of the countryside or country life; rustic
- of or relating to shepherds; pastoral
noun
- sometimes plural a pastoral poem, often in the form of a dialogue
- a rustic; farmer or shepherd
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Derived Forms
- buˈcolically, adverb
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Other Words From
- bu·coli·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bucolic1
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Example Sentences
Dining facilities include al fresco picnic tables and bucolic fields adjacent to the pastures.
They are both in the study of my old farmhouse, in a room that has three nice sized windows, each with a lovely, bucolic view.
During the day, shops were open and the relatively simple, bucolic life of a farming village seemed to go on normally.
But there seems in general to be a rather odd conception of “peace” in the bucolic Scandinavian nation.
It is, in many ways, the picture-perfect holiday for a savvy pol: bucolic, family-oriented, tradition-bound, and not too glitzy.
When he travelled on his line he came in contact with bucolic interests instead of the whirring wheels of trade.
About her there was something unmistakably bucolic, and yet she was town-branded, too, flesh and soul.
The reproaches I here level against the bucolic idyl cannot be understood of the sentimental.
We can hardly imagine bucolic placidity quickening to intellectual aims without imagining social aims as the transitional phase.
Mr. Sprole, like many a self-made man, was proud of his farm, though he did not lead a wholly bucolic existence.
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