dʒɪk adjective
1.
noun
2.
a poem on an agricultural theme.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | literary agricultural |
| —n | |
| 2. | a poem about rural or agricultural life |
| [C16: from Latin geōrgicus, from Greek geōrgikos, from geōrgos farmer, from gē land, earth + -ourgos, from ergon work] | |
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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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