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Webster 1913 Edition


Bucolic

Bu-col′ic

,
Adj.
[L.
bucolicus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] cowherd, herdsman; [GREEK] ox + (perh.) [GREEK] race horse; cf. Skr.
kal
to drive: cf. F.
bucolique
. See
Cow
the animal.]
Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Bu-col′ic

,
Noun.
[L.
Bucolicôn
poëma.]
A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds;
as, the
Bucolics
of Theocritus and Virgil
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bucolic

BUCOL'IC

,
Adj.
[Gr. a herdsman; pastoral; L. buculus, an ox; bucolicus, pertaining to cattle, pastoral.]
Pastoral; relating to country affairs and to a shepherd's life and occupation.

BUCOL'IC

,
Noun.
A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners and occupation of shepherds; as the bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil.
1.
A writer of pastorals.

Definition 2024


bucolic

bucolic

English

Adjective

bucolic (comparative more bucolic, superlative most bucolic)

  1. Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
  2. Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin būcolicum, neuter substantive of būcolicus

Noun

bucolic (plural bucolics)

  1. A pastoral poem.
  2. A rustic, peasant
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