bucolic

Meaning

Adj

1. Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
2. Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.
3. Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.

Noun

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

Synonyms

pastoral

provincial

idyll

eclogue

rural

arcadian

peasant

rustic

idyl

cracker-barrel

country

hick

ignorant

stupid

agrestic

country-style

clownish

Translations

bucolique

bucólico

βουκολικός

būcolicus

églogue

bucolica

bucólico

egloga

ländlich

bucolico

ποιμενικός

bucòlic

pastorale

campagnolo

idillio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bjuːˈkɒlɪk/

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷṓws
Borrowed from Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”, literally “pertaining to cowherds”).