bucolic
relating to the pleasant simplicity of rural or pastoral life
Word origin: From Greek boukolikos, relating to herdsmen (boukolos cowherd).
Bucolic in a sentence
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The painting captured a bucolic scene of grazing sheep and rolling hills.
The novel opens with a bucolic scene of shepherds dozing beneath an oak at midday.
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Reviewers noted that the novelist, once known for blank prose, had pared her sentences down until scarcely a superfluous word remained.
Using “bucolic” well
Bucolic evokes the idealized charm of country life, with a poetic, pastoral flavor. The tone is affectionate rather than dismissive of rural settings.
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