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Synonyms for bucolic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : byoo-kol-ik
Phonetic Transcription : byuˈkɒl ɪk

Définition of bucolic

Origin :
  • 1610s, earlier bucolical (1520s), from Latin bucolicus, from Greek boukolikos "pastoral, rustic," from boukolos "cowherd, herdsman," from bous "cow" (see cow (n.)) + -kolos "tending," related to Latin colere "to till (the ground), cultivate, dwell, inhabit" (the root of colony). Middle Irish búachaill, Welsh bugail "shepherd" are Celtic words form from the same root material as Greek boukolos.
  • adj rural or rustic
Example sentences :
  • He tapped his breast-pocket with a sneer of bucolic triumph.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • In fact, the wife did not show the husband's enthusiasm as to the bucolic life.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • The Bolbitinitic and Bucolic mouths, on the other hand, are not natural but made by digging.
  • Extract from : « The History Of Herodotus » by Herodotus
  • The Old Squire, too, had his bucolic enemies as well as Gram.
  • Extract from : « When Life Was Young » by C. A. Stephens
  • The Bolbitinitic, and Bucolic mouths, on the other hand, are not natural but made by digging.
  • Extract from : « An Account of Egypt » by Herodotus
  • But the life of ants is by no means given over to these bucolic pursuits.
  • Extract from : « In the Open » by Stanton Davis Kirkham
  • He wore with bucolic negligence clothes of excellent quality.
  • Extract from : « Yellowstone Nights » by Herbert Quick
  • Its quaintness did not suggest to him, as it had done to Ryanne, the pastoral, the bucolic.
  • Extract from : « The Carpet from Bagdad » by Harold MacGrath
  • To-morrow I will point out a few of the things to be avoided in this bucolic retreat.'
  • Extract from : « The Wouldbegoods » by E. Nesbit
  • It was farewell, moreover, to an ideal scene, a bit of bucolic poetry.
  • Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser

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