bucolic
adjective
Did you know?
The Origin of Bucolic Is "Utterly" Quaint
We get bucolic from the Latin word bucolicus, which is ultimately from the Greek word boukolos, meaning "cowherd." When bucolic was first used in English as an adjective in the early 17th century, it meant "pastoral" in a narrow sense—that is, it referred to things related to shepherds or herdsmen and in particular to pastoral poetry. Later in the 19th century, it was applied more broadly to things rural or rustic. Bucolic has also been occasionally used as a noun meaning "a pastoral poem" or "a bucolic person."
Examples of bucolic in a Sentence
Ian Frazier, On the Rez, 2000
… the massive population growth has transformed a collection of bucolic villages and mill towns into a chain of strip-mall suburbs.
—Jonathan Cohn, New Republic, 7 Feb. 2000
… Intel gives its generations of microprocessors such bucolic code names as Deschutes, Tillamook, and Katmai but then rolls them out with names that rival those of popes and medieval heads of state: Pentium the III, Celeron the Meek, and Xeon the Magnificent.
—Jake Kirchner, PC Magazine, 25 May 1999
… the North Shore commuter train scuds through bucolic landscape for a while, the rocks and trees permitting glimpses of Appleton Farms …
—John Updike, New England Monthly, October 1989
a bucolic region where farms are still common
Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 7 July 2025
The campus would be located just north of I-74, across what are currently 15 bucolic properties bounded by East Raymond Street, Davis Road, Troy Avenue, and South Post Road.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
How Designers Are Decorating with Lucite Now Consider how designer Brittany Bromley tucked an acrylic table in a bay window, in a fanciful parlor surrounded by bucolic wallpaper and blue and white china.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2025
Photo : Modern Media for Sotheby’s International Realty Flowering gardens and bucolic landscaping is spread across 11 acres.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for bucolic
Cite this Entry
“Bucolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bucolic. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
bucolic
adjective
Share