bucolic.

Relating to or evoking pleasant country life and rural surroundings.

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Words that belong together

• bucolic scene
• bucolic landscape
• bucolic charm

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The road entered a bucolic landscape.

The village’s bucolic charm survived the new road.

A bucolic scene filled the painting.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: More bucolic; most bucolic. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.