bucolic
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8.6
- adjective
- /bjuˈkɑlɪk/
- Literature
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bucólico
- She loved the bucolic charm of the small village nestled between the hills.
- bucolic scene
You know, Palo Alto at the time was still a pretty bucolic little college town.
- You know, Palo Alto at the time was still a pretty bucolic little college town.
Examples
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Shortly after, the Rices left retirement for a more bucolic existence.
Fiction book (2001) -
The other half belongs to St. Mary's College, which serves nearly 2,000 undergraduate students in a bucolic setting by the Chesapeake Bay.
Academic text (2017) -
Just another bucolic view of this early structure.
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This is a bucolic setting!
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The family enjoyed a quiet, bucolic existence.
Fiction book (2001) -
I will be staying in town at a bucolic spa called, if you can believe it, the Shoulder Arms.
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We met at the Center in its bucolic setting above the Stanford University campus.
Academic text (1991) -
It is indeed a great morning here in beautiful, bucolic Cambridge, MA.
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You know, Palo Alto at the time was still a pretty bucolic little college town.
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Holidays and outdoor pursuits provided a popular subject in this vein, with colorful scenes of bucolic relaxation.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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2.5
Of the countryside rather than the city, often near farms and open land
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5.2
Having a simple, rough style like the countryside
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6.6
A very pleasant, peaceful place or time that seems perfect
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6.8
About calm country life and keeping farm animals
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3.0
Like things from the countryside in look, taste, or style
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9.9
Describing a peaceful, simple country life with green fields and shepherds
Relating to the countryside, like fields and small farms
Having simple country style like small farms and plain homes
Like the countryside or country music in style and feeling
Like a small village with a friendly community
Antonyms
How Bucolic
Surface Forms
Morphology
bucolic = bucol + ic
Although formed with the suffix '-ic', the root 'bucol' is not a productive English base and the meaning comes via Latin/Greek pastoral vocabulary, so learners cannot derive the meaning from familiar English parts.
Etymology
Bucolic comes from the Greek word boukolos, which meant 'herdsman' and comes from bous 'cow'. So bucolic makes you picture fields, shepherds and sheep or cows, which is why it means 'relating to the pleasant, peaceful side of country life'.