Definition of Bucolic

1. Adjective. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic. "Rustic tranquility"

Exact synonyms: Arcadian, Pastoral
Similar to: Rural
Derivative terms: Arcadian, Pastoral, Pastoral

2. Noun. A country person.
Exact synonyms: Peasant, Provincial
Specialized synonyms: Cottar, Cotter, Moujik, Mujik, Muzhik, Muzjik
Generic synonyms: Rustic
Derivative terms: Peasanthood

3. Adjective. Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle. "A pastoral economy"
Exact synonyms: Pastoral
Partainyms: Shepherd, Shepherd

4. Noun. A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life.
Exact synonyms: Eclogue, Idyl, Idyll
Generic synonyms: Pastoral

Definition of Bucolic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

2. n. A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil.

Definition of Bucolic

1. Adjective. Rustic, pastoral, country-styled. ¹

2. Adjective. Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants. ¹

3. Noun. A pastoral poem. ¹

4. Noun. A rustic, peasant ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bucolic

1. a pastoral poem [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bucolic

buckwheat tree
buckwheats
bucky
buckyball
buckybowl
buckybowls
buckyroll
buckyrolls
buckytube
buckytubes
bucladesine
buclizine
buclizine hydrochloride
buclosamide
bucolic (current term)
bucolical
bucolically
bucolics
bucrania
bucranium
bucraniums
bucrylate
bud
bud brush
bud sagebrush
bud stage
bud up
buda

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