Bucolic

adjective/bjuˈkɑlɪk/literary

Definition

Relating to the countryside or an idealized rural life.

Etymology

PIE word*gʷṓws Borrowed from Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukolikós, “rustic, pastoral; meter used by pastoral poets”, literally “pertaining to cowherds”).

Synonyms

pastoral, rustic, idyll, rural, provincial

In a sentence

The bucolic setting hid a brutal labor market.