georgic

[ jawr-jik ]

adjective

1. agricultural.

noun

1. a poem on an agricultural theme.

georgic

/ ˈdʒɔːdʒɪk /

adjective

1. literary.
   agricultural

noun

1. a poem about rural or agricultural life

Word History and Origins

Origin of georgic¹

1505–15; < Latin geōrgicus < Greek geōrgikós, equivalent to geōrg ( ós ) husbandman ( geō- geo- + -ourgos working, worker, akin to érgon work ) + -ikos -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of georgic¹

C16: from Latin geōrgicus, from Greek geōrgikos, from geōrgos farmer, from gē land, earth + -ourgos, from ergon work

Example Sentences

But there came an evening when we finished the Fourth Georgic together.

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Virgil in the third Georgic speaks of a murrain among cattle.

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His fame will doubtless depend on the rustic Georgic poem, Memoria sobre el cultivo del maz en Antioquia.

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Johnson calls it a Georgic after the manner of Virgil, nor does it suffer from the comparison.

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Dryden gives a beautiful description of this spot in a note on the beginning of the Second Georgic, Vol.

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Related Words

• agrarian
• agricultural
• back-country
• backwoods
• bucolic
• idyllic
• pastoral
• provincial
• rustic