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Bucolic: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Bucolic adjective. Charmingly rural, in the way of the countryside and farm life.
How to say it
byoo-KOL-ik/bjuːˈkɒlɪk/
3 syllables, stressed on the second (KOL).
Bucolic in a sentence
The brochure promised bucolic views of grazing sheep; we got a motorway and a single cow.
She traded the city for a bucolic life of hens, hedges and very slow broadband.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- pastoral
- rustic
- rural
- idyllic
Opposite:
- urban
- metropolitan
Where bucolic comes from
From Greek boukolikos, of herdsmen, from boukolos, cowherd.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
She traded the city for a _____ life of hens, hedges and very slow broadband.
- bucolic
- ephemeral
- balmy
Show the answer
bucolic: She traded the city for a bucolic life of hens, hedges and very slow broadband.