2 entries under this word

Bucolic

Bu-cö'lic or Bu-cö'lic-al, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. bucolique, Lat. bucolicus, Gr. βουκολικός, from βουκόλος, cow-herd, herdsman.] Relating to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Bu-cŏl'ic, n.

noun

n. [Lat. Bucolicon poēma. See supra.] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden.