bucolic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a country person
  2. noun a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
  3. adjective (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

Etymology

PIE word *gʷṓws Borrowed from Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”, literally “pertaining to cowherds”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

peasant, provincial

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