Adjective: bucolic byoo'kó-lik
- (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
"a pleasant bucolic scene";
- arcadian, pastoral
- Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
"bucolic seminomadic people";
- pastoral
- A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
"Virgil's bucolics celebrated the simple life of shepherds";
- eclogue, idyll, idyl [US]
- A country person
"The bucolic poet wrote verses about rural life";
- peasant, provincial
Derived forms: bucolics
See also: rural
Encyclopedia: Bucolic