bucolic — relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life
Pronunciation (IPA): /bjuːˈkɑːlɪk/
Example Sentences
- The stress of city life made him dream of a bucolic existence with chickens and vegetable gardens.
- Her Instagram was full of bucolic scenes, but she actually lived in a tiny apartment above a pizza shop.
- The movie painted a bucolic picture of farm life, conveniently leaving out the part about waking up at 4 AM to milk cows.
bucolic
ADJECTIVE[/bjuːˈkɑːlɪk/]
relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life
The bucolic valley felt impossibly peaceful with sheep grazing under the morning sun.
Where lambs frolic in fields bucolic, the scene becomes symbolic!
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🌳Etymology
Origin
From Latin bucolicus, derived from Greek boukolikos meaning 'of or relating to herdsmen or shepherds.' The word comes from boukolos (herdsman), which combines bous (ox, cattle) and -kolos (tender, keeper).
Breakdown
bou- (ox, cattle) + -kolos (keeper, tender) + -ic (adjective suffix meaning 'relating to')
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📝Examples
“The stress of city life made him dream of a bucolic existence with chickens and vegetable gardens.”
“Her Instagram was full of bucolic scenes, but she actually lived in a tiny apartment above a pizza shop.”
“The movie painted a bucolic picture of farm life, conveniently leaving out the part about waking up at 4 AM to milk cows.”
“The poet's bucolic verses celebrated the simple pleasures of rural life.”
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