bucolic

The definition of bucolic is people or things related to the country or to the country life.

(adjective)

An example of something that would be described as bucolic is a farmhouse in the country.

See bucolic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

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

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See bucolic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. See Synonyms at rural.
Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.

noun

Origin:

Origin: Latin būcolicus, pastoral

Origin: , from Greek boukolikos

Origin: , from boukolos, cowherd

Origin: : bous, cow; see g^wou- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + -kolos, herdsman; see k^wel-¹ in Indo-European roots

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