ETYM Latin bucolicus, Greek, cowherd, herdsman; bous ox + perhaps kolos race horse; cf. Skr. kal to drive: cf. French bucolique. Related to Cow the animal.
Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; SYN. pastoral.
Pertaining to the tending of cattle; rustic; rural.
Rustic; pertaining to shepherds.
Characteristic of rural life; SYN. countryfied, rustic.
ETYM French, from Latin ruralis, from rus, ruris, the country. Related to Room space, Rustic.
1. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
2. Relating to rural areas.
ETYM Latin rusticus, from rus, ruris, the country: cf. French rustique. Related to Rural.
1. Of or pertaining to the country; rural.
2. Rude; awkward; unpolished.
3. Plain; simple.
Cruelly; in an uncouth manner, vulgarly, savagely
In a rural manner.
In an unsophisticated manner, in an uncultured manner; in a manner characteristic of a rural area, provincially