bucolic

Definition

Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.

Etymology

PIE word *gʷṓws Borrowed from Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”, literally “pertaining to cowherds”).

Example Sentences

• "The countryside was filled with charming, bucolic scenery, complete with rolling hills, fields of wildflowers, and quaint farmhouses."
• "A couple of years later the Metropolitan had reached its own most northerly point, Verney Junction, which was as bucolic as it sounds."
• "Before the area was a tech epicenter, it was a bucolic land of fruit orchards."