单词 | bucolic |
释义 | bucolicadj.n. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.n.1531 |
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