bucolic – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
bucolic
adj.
rural, pastoral, idyllic
n.
pastoral poem; writer of pastoral poems; farmer, rustic (Archaic)
Pastoral
A
pastoral lifestyle (see
pastoralism) is that of shepherds
herding livestock around open areas of
land according to
seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. It lends its name to a
genre of literature, art and music that depicts such life in an idealized manner, typically for
urban audiences. A
pastoral is a work of this
genre, also known as
bucolic, from the
Greek , from , meaning a
cowherd.
bucolic
Noun
1. a country person
(synonym) peasant, provincial
(hypernym) rustic
(hyponym) cotter, cottar
2. a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life
(synonym) eclogue, idyll
(hypernym) pastoral
Adjective
1. used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
(synonym) arcadian, pastoral, rustic
(similar) rural
2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"
(synonym) pastoral
(pertainym) sheepherder, shepherd, sheepman
Bucolic
(n.)
A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
bucolic
bucolic
pastoral
