georgic

From Latin georgicum, georgicus.

georgic (plural georgics)

1. A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folios 71, recto – 71, verso:

     And ſurely if the purpoſe be in good earneſt not to vvrite at leaſure that vvhich mẽ [men] may read at leaſure, but really to inſtruct and ſuborne Action and actiue life, theſe Georgickes of the mind concerning the huſbãdry & tillage thereof, are no leſſe vvorthy thẽ the heroical deſcriptiõs of vertue, duty, & felicity vvherfore the maine & primitiue diuiſion of Morall knovvledge ſeemeth to be into the Exemplar or Platforme of Good, and the Regiment or Culture of the mind; […]

• georgick (obsolete)

georgic (comparative more georgic, superlative most georgic)

1. Relating to rural affairs.

   Synonym: georgical

   georgic life

   georgic landscape

   georgic tradition

   • 2018, Vansire, “That I Miss You”:

     Headed west now from the blighted plain / It’s kind of gorgeous in a georgic way

• georgick (obsolete)

• “georgic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from French géorgique.

georgic m or n (feminine singular georgică, masculine plural georgici, feminine and neuter plural georgice)

1. georgic

georgic m (plural georgici)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• georgic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN