bucolic
- noun
- /bjuˈkɑlɪk/
- Literature
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bucólica
- His latest work is a charming bucolic that celebrates the tranquility of farm life.
Examples
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It's a bucolic, you see.
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So it also means that the Garden of Eden can be like the bucolic fantasy of of of the poets and Parnassus.
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The poet wrote a bucolic that captured the beauty of the countryside at dawn.
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In her collection of bucolic poems, she reflects on the simple joys of rural living.
Synonyms
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8.7
A short poem or piece of writing that describes peaceful country life
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9.9
A short poem in which speakers talk about country life
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8.1
A poem or song that shows calm country life
A poem that describes farming and country life
How Pastoral
Surface Forms
Morphology
bucolic = bucol + ic
The noun sense uses the same non‑productive root plus '-ic'; the composition is not transparent to typical learners, coming from classical pastoral terms rather than modern English morphemes.
Etymology
Bucolic as a noun comes from the Greek boukolos 'herdsman', which itself comes from bous 'cow'. So a bucolic is a short poem that shows shepherds, fields and simple country life.