Relating to or characteristic of pastoral poetry, country life, or the simplicity and peace of rural settings.
From Greek 'bukolikos' (of or pertaining to cowherd), with the suffix '-al' added in English to form an adjective. The root 'bouklos' refers to a cowherd or cattle herder.
The concept of 'bucolical' perfectly captures why people have idealized farm life for thousands of years—even though actual farming was incredibly hard, poets kept writing dreamy verses about it, influencing how we still think about the countryside today.
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