Bucolic Definition

byo͝o-kŏlĭk
adjective
Of country life or farms; rustic.
Webster's New World
Of shepherds; pastoral.
Webster's New World

Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.

Wiktionary
noun
A pastoral poem.
Webster's New World
A rustic; countrified person.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Bucolic

Noun

Singular:
bucolic
Plural:
bucolics

Origin of Bucolic

  • From Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikos, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”), from βουκόλος (boukolos, “cowherd”), from βοῦς (bous, “cow”) + -κολος (-colos, “keeper, tender”) (which is from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”)) + -ικός (-icos, “-ic”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin būcolicus pastoral from Greek boukolikos from boukolos cowherd bous cow gwou- in Indo-European roots -kolos herdsman kwel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin būcolicum, neuter substantive of būcolicus

    From Wiktionary

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