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Adjective: bucolic  byoo'kó-lik
  1. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
    "a pleasant bucolic scene"
    - arcadian, pastoral
     
  2. Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
    "bucolic seminomadic people"
    - pastoral
Noun: bucolic  byoo'kó-lik
  1. A country person
    - peasant, provincial
     
  2. A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
    - eclogue, idyll, idyl

Derived forms: bucolics

See also: rural, shepherd

Type of: pastoral, rustic

Encyclopedia: Bucolic