bucolic
11bucolic — /bjuˈkɒlɪk / (say byooh kolik) adjective Also, bucolical. 1. of or relating to shepherds; pastoral. 2. rustic; rural; agricultural: bucolic isolation. –noun 3. a farmer; a shepherd; a rustic. 4. a pastoral poem: * Country Towns is a small and… …
12bucolic — adj. Bucolic is used with these nouns: ↑scene …
13bucolic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rustic, rural; pastoral. See region, poetry. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rural, rustic, pastoral; see rural . See Synonym Study at rural . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [byoo… …
14bucolic — adjective literary connected with the countryside: a church, lovely in its bucolic setting bucolically /kli/ adverb …
15bucolic — adjective their farm had been used as the bucolic setting for two major motion pictures Syn: rustic, rural, pastoral, country, countryside; literary Arcadian, sylvan, georgic …
16bucolic caesura — noun or bucolic diaeresis : a diaeresis after the fourth foot in a dactylic hexameter especially common in pastoral poetry …
17bucolic diaeresis — noun see bucolic caesura …
18bucolic — adjective Etymology: Latin bucolicus, from Greek boukolikos, from boukolos cowherd, from bous head of cattle + kolos (akin to Latin colere to cultivate) more at cow, wheel Date: circa 1609 1. of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen ; pastoral 2 …
19bucolic — bucolically, adv. /byooh kol ik/, adj. Also, bucolical. 1. of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral. 2. of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life. n. 3. a pastoral poem. 4. Archaic. a farmer; shepherd; rustic. [1525 35; < L bucolicus… …
20bucolic — 1. adjective /bjuːˈkɒlɪk,bjuˈkɑːlɪk/ a) Rustic, pastoral, country styled. b) Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants. 2. noun /bjuːˈkɒlɪk,bjuˈkɑːlɪk/ a) A pastoral poem. b) …
