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单词 bucolic
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bucolicadj.n.

Brit. /bjuːˈkɒlɪk/, U.S. /bjuˈkɑlɪk/
Forms: Also 1500s bucolique, bucolik, 1600s bucolike, bucolicke, 1700s bucolick.
Etymology: < Latin būcolicus, < Greek βουκολικός, < βουκόλος herdsman.
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to herdsmen or shepherds; pastoral.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [adjective] > relating to herdsmen
bucolical1523
bucolic1609
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > pastoral poem > [adjective]
pastorical1559
pastoral1566
bucolic1609
pastory1752
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Bucolike, pertaining to beasts or heardsmen.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 37. ⁋10 The Pollio of Virgil..is a composition truly bucolick.
1803 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 50 He goes on, mingling bucolic details and sentimental effusions.
1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks II. xvii. 167 The shepherds and shepherdesses..milk the cattle, and compose bucolic poems.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets x. 308 Bucolic poetry.
2. Pertaining to country life; rural, rustic, countryfied. (Somewhat humorous.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > [adjective] > rustic or pastoral
fieldena1425
grangyc1541
shepherdly1579
champestrial1612
geoponical1646
geoponic1663
Arcadian1667
bucolical1830
lane-born1834
bucolic1846
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > country as opposed to town > [adjective]
fieldena1425
rustic?1440
citylessc1450
champestrea1492
rural?a1500
rustical1542
agrestc1550
predial1592
champestrial1612
agrestic1617
agrestical1623
agrested1650
upland1654
countrified1756
agrestian1812
country1827
mofussil1828
agrestial1840
landward1844
bucolic1846
out-country1939
land-bound1972
1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia III. ii. xviii. 97 The second [partner] had a bucolic turn.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 145 The keenest of bucolic minds felt a whispering awe at the sight of the gentry.
1875 ‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Friends 308 A sturdy-looking bucolic individual.
1878 M. E. Herbert tr. J. A. von Hübner Ramble round World ii. xii. 212 In its happy, bucolic isolation.
3. bucolic caesura n. a cæsura after the fourth foot in a dactylic hexameter.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [noun] > caesura > after fourth foot in hexameter
bucolic caesura1887
1887 G. M. Hopkins Let. 20 Feb. (1938) 130 The ‘bucolic caesura’ (between fourth and fifth foot, pause or no pause in sense).
1887 G. M. Hopkins Let. 20 Feb. (1938) 130 The rarity of spondees before the bucolic caesura.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 56/1 A feature in his [sc. Theocritus'] versification..is the so-called bucolic caesura. The rule is that, if there is a pause at the end of the fourth foot, this foot must be a dactyl.
B. n. [compare Latin Būcolica, Greek βουκολικά in same use.]
1. plural. Pastoral poems: rarely singular a single poem.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > pastoral poem > [noun] > collectively
bucolics1531
reed1566
rurals1589
pastoral1598
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > pastoral poem > [noun]
pastoral1584
bucolicon1640
bucolics1870
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. x. sig. Dviiv What thinge can be more familiar than his [Virgil's] bucolikes.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 37v His Georgiks, and Bucolikis.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Bucolicks, pastoral songs, or songs of Heardsmen.
1870 Daily News 16 Apr. The manufacture of maple sugar, of which I may sing you a bucolic when the season arrives.
2. = Bucolic poet.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > pastoral poet
pastoralist1619
bucolic1781
1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxi. 51 Spenser, who is erroneously ranked as our earliest English bucolic.
3. A rustic, peasant. (humorous.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > rustic or peasant
tillman940
churla1000
ploughman1223
bondmanc1250
bondc1275
ploughswain1296
countrymanc1300
boundec1320
Hobc1325
charla1400
landmana1400
Jack (John) Upland1402
carlc1405
bowerc1430
peasanta1450
rurala1475
agrest1480
bergier1480
carlleina1500
rustical?1532
ploughboy1544
boor1548
rusticc1550
kern1556
tillsman1561
clown1563
Jocka1568
Jock upalanda1568
John Uponlanda1568
russet coat1568
rustican1570
hind?1577
swain1579
Corydon1581
mountain man1587
Phillis1589
sylvan1589
russeting1597
Joan1598
stubble boy1598
paysan1609
carlota1616
swainling1615
raiyat1625
contadino1630
under-swaina1644
high shoe1647
boorinn1649
Bonhomme1660
high-shoon-man1664
countrywoman1679
villan1685
russet gown1694
ruralist1739
paysanne1748
bauer1799
bonderman1804
bodach1830
contadina1835
agrestian1837
peasantess1841
country jake1845
rufus1846
bonder1848
hayseed1851
bucolic1862
agricole1882
country jay1888
child (son, etc.) of the soil1891
hillbilly1900
palouser1903
kisan1935
woop woop1936
swede-basher1943
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun]
churlc1275
Hobc1325
Hodgec1386
charla1400
carlc1405
peasanta1450
hoggler1465
agrest1480
hoggener1488
rustical?1532
boor1548
rusticc1550
kern1556
clown1563
Jocka1568
John Uponlanda1568
russet coat1568
rustican1570
hind?1577
Corydon1581
gaffer1589
gran1591
russeting1597
dunghill1608
hog rubber1611
carlota1616
high shoe1647
Bonhomme1660
high-shoon-man1664
cot1695
ruralist1739
Johnnya1774
Harry1796
bodach1830
bucolic1862
cafone1872
bogman1891
country bookie1904
desi1907
middle peasant1929
woodchuck1931
swede-basher1943
moegoe1953
shit-kicker1961
1862 Sat. Rev. No. 351. 72/1 It is a satisfaction to make the personal acquaintance of so worthy a bucolic.
4. plural. Agricultural pursuits. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > rustic pursuits or qualities
country lifec1565
arcadianism1823
bucolics1865
pastoralism1876
pastoralness1878
1865 Times 15 Apr. A fancy farm steading..for any special branch of bucolics that may most delight the proprietor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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