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Bucolic

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Noun

1. bucolic, peasant, provincial

a country person

2. bucolic, eclogue, idyl, idyll

a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

Adjective

3. arcadian, bucolic, pastoral

(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

Example Sentences:
'a country life of arcadian contentment'
'a pleasant bucolic scene'
'charming in its pastoral setting'
'rustic tranquility'

4. bucolic, pastoral

relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

Example Sentences:
'pastoral seminomadic people'
'pastoral land'
'a pastoral economy'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bucolic

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adjective also: bucolical
1. 
of or characteristic of the countryside or country life; rustic
2. 
of or relating to shepherds; pastoral
noun
3. (sometimes plural)
a pastoral poem, often in the form of a dialogue
4. 
a rustic; farmer or shepherd

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Bucolic

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adjective
1. 
of shepherds; pastoral
2. 
of country life or farms; rustic
noun
3. 
a pastoral poem
4. 
a rustic; countrified person

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Bucolic

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adj.
1. Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. See Synonyms at rural.
2. Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.
n.
1. A pastoral poem.
2. A farmer or shepherd; a rustic.

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