Word:
Bucolic
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Relating to or typical of farm life. The word is often associated with sheperds and herdsmen.
Sentences:
1) I used to live in a bucolic region where farms are still common.
2) The university is famous for its building within a bucolic setting.
Origin:
Latin, from Greek boukolikos, boukolos which means 'herdsman', and also from bous which means 'ox'.
First use:
Assumed to be preceding 1609.
Synonyms:
rural, country, pastoral, rustic(also rustical)
Antonyms:
urban, citified, metropolitan
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