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Arcadian

[ ahr-key-dee-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of Arcadia.
(often lowercase) rural, rustic, or pastoral, especially suggesting simple, innocent contentment:
They shared the desire to live off the land and lead a life of Arcadian bliss.

Arcadian

/ ɑːˈkeɪdɪən /

of or relating to Arcadia or its inhabitants, esp the idealized Arcadia of pastoral poetry
rustic or bucolic
a life of Arcadian simplicity

First recorded in 1580–90; Arcadi(a) + -an

Old Warrender would lean on his daisy-spud a pleased spectator of the Arcadian scene.

Michael often looked back to that first term in the Lower Third as a period of Arcadian simplicity, a golden age.

The only wind instrument existing among them is the Pibbegwon, a kind of flute, resembling in simplicity the Arcadian pipe.

Trees, rocks, broken sunlight, and a summer breeze made the little scene quite Arcadian.

Vereker thinks of Sally's putative parents, the Arcadian shepherdess and the thunderbolt.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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