arcadian.

Peacefully rural and idealized as simple or unspoiled.

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• arcadian retreat

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The arcadian retreat felt far from politics.

An arcadian scene opened the chapter.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Comparative more arcadian; superlative most arcadian where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.