Bucolic Definition & Meaning

bucolic
adjective
  1. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
  2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"
noun
  1. a country person
  2. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

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