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georgic

[ jawr-jik ]
/ ˈdʒɔr dʒɪk /
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adjective

agricultural.

noun

a poem on an agricultural theme.

RELATED WORDS

provincial, idyllic, pastoral, agrarian, bucolic, rustic, backwoods, agricultural, homey, arcadian, countrified, farm, natural, ranch, simple, sylvan, unsophisticated, agronomic, outland, rustical

Nearby words

  1. georgia pine,
  2. georgia, strait of,
  3. georgian,
  4. georgian bay,
  5. georgiana,
  6. georgina,
  7. geoscience,
  8. geoscientist,
  9. geospatial,
  10. geosphere

Origin of georgic

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

georgic

/ (ˈdʒɔːdʒɪk) /

adjective

literary agricultural

noun

a poem about rural or agricultural life

Word Origin for georgic

C16: from Latin geōrgicus, from Greek geōrgikos, from geōrgos farmer, from gē land, earth + -ourgos, from ergon work
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Word Origin and History for georgic

georgic

1510s, Georgics, title of Virgil's poems on rural life, from Latin georgica, from georgicus (adj.), from Greek georgikos "of a husbandman, agricultural," from ge "earth" + ergon "work" (see urge (v.)). As an adjective meaning "related to agriculture" from 1711.

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