Bucolic \Bu*col"ic\, a. [L. bucolicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? cowherd, herdsman; ? ox + (perh.) ? 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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Bucolic \Bu*col"ic\, n. [L. Bucolic[^o]n po["e]ma.]

A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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bucolic adj
1: used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility" [syn: arcadian, pastoral, rustic]
2: relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy" [syn: pastoral]

noun

1: a country person [syn: peasant, provincial]
2: a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life [syn: eclogue, idyll]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Bucolic \Bu*col"ic\, n. [L. Bucolic[^o]n po["e]ma.]

A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bucolic \Bu*col"ic\, a. [L. bucolicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? cowherd, herdsman; ? ox + (perh.) ? 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)