The BFD Word of the Day

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bucolic (adjective):

1 : of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral
2a : relating to or typical of rural life
b : idyllic

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : We get bucolic from the Latin word bucolicus, which is ultimately from the Greek word boukolos, meaning “cowherd.” When bucolic was first used in English as an adjective in the early 17th century, it meant “pastoral” in a narrow sense—that is, it referred to things related to shepherds or herdsmen and in particular to pastoral poetry. Later in the 19th century, it was applied more broadly to things rural or rustic. Bucolic has also been occasionally used as a noun meaning “a pastoral poem” or “a bucolic person.”

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