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bucolic Definition

bu·colic (byo̵̅o̅ kälik)

adjective

  1. of shepherds; pastoral
  2. of country life or farms; rustic

Etymology: L bucolicus < Gr boukolikos < boukolos, herdsman < bous, ox (see cow) + -kolos < ? IE base *kel-, to drive > hold, L celer

noun

  1. a pastoral poem
  2. a rustic; countrified person

bucolic Related Forms
bu·coli·cally adverb
bucolic Synonyms

bucolic

modif.

rural, rustic, pastoral; see rural. See syn. study at rural.

bucolic Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • feel-good: I wrote it as another feel-good bucolic frolic, but there are three romances in there too.

Modifies a noun

  • setting: Will it be in a suitably tranquil and bucolic setting?
  • scene: They wanted a magic window onto idealized bucolic scenes, not the artist's visceral reaction to the elemental violence of actual nature.
  • life: But the film is not meant as a tirade against the US, no less than a celebration of French bucolic life.
  • landscape: His films feature cute creatures fighting tooth and nail to preserve their communities, and bucolic landscapes under threat of destruction.
  • countryside: The astonishingly beautiful and bucolic Austrian countryside belies the horrors that occurred here.
  • bliss: Tho we may whimsically dream of bucolic bliss, in reality everyone accepts that life without electricity would be grim up north.

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