Bucolic
/bjuːˈkɒlɪk/noun
Relating to the countryside or rural life, often in an idealized way.
Did you know?Bucolic comes from Greek poetry about herdsmen, where the rural world was often imagined as a lyrical, almost enchanted escape from city life.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
βουκολικός (boukolikós)
“Of or relating to a cowherd or pastoral poetry”
Late Latin
Latin
bucolicus
“Pastoral; of shepherds or herdsmen”
Middle French
French
bucolique
“Rural, pastoral”
Late 14th Century
English
bucolik / bucolic
“Pertaining to shepherds or pastoral life”
Modern English
English
bucolic
“Rural, rustic, or idyllic countryside life”