bucolic
Syllables: bu·col·icUK/bjuːˈkɒlɪk//bjuˈkɑlɪk/
bucolic adjective: rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
Adjective
bucolic (comparative more bucolic, superlative most bucolic)
- Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
- The countryside was filled with charming, bucolic scenery, complete with rolling hills, fields of wildflowers, and quaint farmhouses.
- A couple of years later the Metropolitan had reached its own most northerly point, Verney Junction, which was as bucolic as it sounds.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 71
- Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.
- The cozy bed and breakfast was located in a picturesque, bucolic setting, offering guests a chance to escape the city and enjoy the simple pleasures of the countryside.
- In a sense, Mr. Maillier is living the classic French dream – working the land in the bucolic countryside, feeding his children good food, and keeping France’s gastronomic heritage alive.2025 February 10, Colette Davidson, “Farming in France is on the decline. Who will feed the French?”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2025
- Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
- Their traditional clothing and simple way of life reflected their bucolic roots as a community of shepherds and farmers.
- Here we consider a bucolic example.1992, Robert Gibbons, A Primer in Game Theory, Prentice-Hall, page 27
Noun
bucolic (plural bucolics)
bucolic meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
bucolic in Tamil
- நாட்டுப்புற, கிராமப்புற, கிராமிய
bucolic in Malayalam
- pastoral, rustic, rural
- ഇടയവൃത്തിയെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, ആട്ടിടയൻമാരെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള, ഗ്രാമീണജനതയെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, ഗ്രാമീണജീവിതത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, നാട്ടിൻപുറത്തുള്ള, നാട്ടിൻപുറത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ച
Examples of bucolic in a sentence
- Before the area was a tech epicenter, it was a bucolic land of fruit orchards.2025 August 4, Sheera Frenkel, “How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military”, in The New York Times, archived from the...
- The setting for this big fight over a little bird is bucolic: A well-preserved 18th-century barn, white with green doors, standing on the edge of a sprawling saltmarsh in Rye.2026 April 15, Todd Bookman, “Whose barn is it, anyways? Swallows in Rye face eviction”, in New Hampshire Public Radio, archived from the...
Forms of bucolic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more bucolic |
| superlative | most bucolic |
| Noun | |
| plural | bucolics |
Origin of bucolic
PIE word *gʷṓws Borrowed from Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”, literally “pertaining to cowherds”).
From Latin būcolicum, neuter substantive of būcolicus.
Words formed from bucolic
Words that rhyme with bucolic
Questions about bucolic
- What does bucolic mean?
- Bucolic means rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
- What is bucolic in Tamil?
- Bucolic in Tamil is நாட்டுப்புற, கிராமப்புற, கிராமிய. See Bucolic meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use bucolic in a sentence?
- Before the area was a tech epicenter, it was a bucolic land of fruit orchards.
- What part of speech is bucolic?
- Bucolic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce bucolic?
- Bucolic is pronounced /bjuːˈkɒlɪk/ (UK).
Words near bucolic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bucolic (page history and authors); bucolic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bucolic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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