bucolic C2+ Topic:Places & Geography US /bjuˈkɑlɪk/ UK /bjuːˈkɒlɪk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj relating to the pleasant aspects of rural or pastoral life The painting captured a bucolic scene of grazing sheep. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · relating to the pleasant... pastoralruralrusticidylliccountrifiedagrarianarcadian ↔ Opposites urbanmetropolitancosmopolitanindustrial Word family Derived forms bucolically Etymology AI details From Latin bucolicus, from Ancient Greek boukolikos ('pastoral'), from boukolos ('cowherd'), from bous ('ox, cow') + a root meaning 'to tend'. bucolicus Latin βουκολικός Ancient Greek βοῦς Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bucolic **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /bjuˈkɑlɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /bjuːˈkɒlɪk/ ## Meanings 1. relating to the pleasant aspects of rural or pastoral life ## Examples - The painting captured a bucolic scene of grazing sheep. ## Synonyms - pastoral - rural - rustic - idyllic - countrified - agrarian - arcadian ## Antonyms - urban - metropolitan - cosmopolitan - industrial ## Derived Forms - bucolically ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bucolicus - Root: βουκολικός - Root: βοῦς ## Etymology From Latin bucolicus, from Ancient Greek boukolikos ('pastoral'), from boukolos ('cowherd'), from bous ('ox, cow') + a root meaning 'to tend'. ## AI Etymology Bucolic is from Latin bucolicus, from Ancient Greek boukolikos ('pastoral'), from boukolos ('cowherd'), from bous ('ox, cow') + a root meaning 'to tend'. Important recorded forms include bucolicus (Latin), βουκολικός (Ancient Greek), and βοῦς (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers relating to the pleasant aspects of rural or pastoral life. The wider family includes derived forms such as bucolically. ## Topics - Places & Geography - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown