Arcadian
Americanadjective
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of Arcadia.
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(often lowercase) rural, rustic, or pastoral, especially suggesting simple, innocent contentment.
They shared the desire to live off the land and lead a life of Arcadian bliss.
noun
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a native of Arcadia.
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the dialect of ancient Greek spoken in Arcadia.
adjective
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of or relating to Arcadia or its inhabitants, esp the idealized Arcadia of pastoral poetry
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rustic or bucolic
a life of Arcadian simplicity
noun
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an inhabitant of Arcadia
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a person who leads or prefers a quiet simple rural life
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Plans for techno-Xanadus contrast with Arcadian proposals that hope to return humans closer to nature.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Few things evoke as enchanting an Arcadian ideal — and as romantic a vision of the Italian old world — as the intense bond between truffle hunters and their dogs.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2023
Golden light illuminates a carefully organized Arcadian landscape at the end of the day.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2021
All this Arcadian plenty has tempted in the carnivores, who crept in quietly at first, testing the waters.
From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2020
Then they descended out of the America of factory work and tyrannical foremen into an Arcadian grotto of forgetfulness.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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